The University of Gondar Hospital is a 400 bed university hospital with a large orthopaedics and traumatology department. Following a site visit by ADFA’s CEO, Dr Graham Forward, in March 2023, it was observed that the sanitation facilities of the orthopaedic ward...
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ADFA Volunteer Urology Team – Training and Surgeries in Madagascar
Huge thanks to the volunteer Urology team of Dr Sue Chapman (Team Leader/Urologist), Karen Grieves (Theatre Nurse), Dr Jamal Tashkandi (Anaesthetist) and Dr Michael Wines (Urologist). The assignment was a great success, with a number of challenges due to flight changes and cancellations. Over three weeks, the team managed 90 patient consultations, performed a whopping 48 operations in 9 days, and provided post surgical care...Australian Doctors for Africa Welcomes New Board Member
We welcome Associate Professor Rochelle Spencer to the Board of Australian Doctors for Africa with great enthusiasm. Rochelle brings a wealth of international development experience to the Board, and has a long relationship with Africa having first worked on the East Africa Desk of British Red Cross in the 1990s. Rochelle is co-founder and principal fellow of the Indo-Pacific Research Centre and the Development Studies...World Clubfoot Day, 3 June!
World Clubfoot Day on 3 June raises awareness of clubfoot and the Ponseti method. Around 180,000 babies worldwide are born with clubfoot each year, and untreated clubfoot is one of the leading causes of disability. We thank and acknowledge the great work performed by our ADFA clubfoot staff in Madagascar and the team at Diversity Action Network in Somaliland, who make a huge difference in the lives of over 200 children...Orthopaedics and Wound Management Training in Hawassa, Ethiopia
Huge thanks to medical volunteers, Dr Angus Keogh (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Sandra Langman (Theatre Nurse) and Amy Staples (Clinical Nurse Consultant) for providing two weeks of training at the Hawassa University Hospital in regional Ethiopia. Training was the main focus for the team – to build knowledge and capacity in orthopaedics and wound management for surgeons, doctors and nurses. Angus, assisted by Sandra, attended...Supporting Female Orthopaedic Surgeons, Ethiopia
As part of ADFA’s Female Orthopaedic Empowerment (FOE) Program, three female Ethiopian orthopaedic surgeons recently received support to attend training courses/conferences: Dr Bethel Zeleke – the British Society for Children’s Orthopaedic Surgery (BSCOS) 2024 AGM and Conference in Leeds, UK; Dr Bezawit Tsegaye – the 5th Ganga Arthroscopy Course 2024 at Ganga Hospital in Coimbatore India; and Dr Ananya...
Renovation Project at Gondar University Hospital, Ethiopia
Orthopaedic Implants & Fellowship for Mekelle University Hospital
Australian Doctors for Africa has donated orthopaedic plates, screws and instruments to the Ayder Comprehensive Specialised Hospital in Mekelle, Ethiopia. This equipment donation followed a 4 week Fellowship in limb reconstruction surgery at the Centre for...
Orthopaedics and Wound Management Training in Ethiopia
Huge thanks to Dr Emerik Trinajstic, Orthopaedic Surgeon, and Donna Larsen, Nurse Practitioner / Wound Management Specialist, for volunteering for a recent 2 week assignment at two hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The main focus of the team visit was training; to...
2023 Annual Report
With fantastic support from our donors and volunteers we achieved some great results in 2022/23. * 141 children treated for clubfoot in Madagascar and Somaliland * 33 scholarships for specialty training, fellowships and medical students * 438 medical professionals...
Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar
A second team of Ballarat-based medical volunteers travelled to Madagascar to provide much needed orthopaedic and urology services in Toliara, on the west coast. Long time ADFA volunteers, Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon),...
Volunteer Medical Team Visits Madagascar
Another team of medical volunteers visited Toliara, Madagascar recently for a two week assignment. Huge thanks to Dr Taro Okamoto (Orthopaedic Surgeon), Dr Andrea Atkinson (Obstetrics & Gynaecology Surgeon), Kelly Lee (Nurse) and Cherrie Genat (Logistics) for...
Female Orthopaedic Empowerment Program, Ethiopia
ADFA presented a two day Gender, Leadership and Resilience Seminar in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as part of its Female Orthopaedic Empowerment Program. 20 young female doctors from Addis Ababa and regional areas, gathered to share the challenges and the successes of...
Ethiopian Orthopaedic Residents Training
Dr Graham Forward joined Australian Doctors for Africa Ethiopian consultant Dr Ananya Kassahun to present the ADFA / AOA / ESOT Pre Basic Courses in Addis Ababa, September 2023. A strong local and international faculty conducted lectures and hands on workshops to 80...
Orthopaedic Training at Ethiopian Regional Hospital
Dr Tony Jeffries, orthopaedic surgeon, and Victoria Gibson, theatre nurse, travelled to Hossana, Ethiopia to provide orthopaedic training and mentoring at the Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital. The team participated in daily morning...
AAMEG Change-Maker Award Winner!
Australian Doctors for Africa has won the 2023 AAMEG The Change-Maker Award for a Not-For-Profit/Charity (sponsored by Perenti) for our Madagascar Clubfoot Program! This program changes the lives of children and their families. Congratulations and thanks to the...
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