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...
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Improving Hospital Facilities in Regional Madagascar
Thanks to a grant from the Rotary Club of Attadale, Australian Doctors for Africa supported the purchase and installation of a new generator and 2 solar hot water systems for Clinique St Luc in Toliara, Madagascar. During a visit to Toliara in 2024, our Volunteer Orthopaedic Team identified the need and suggested these improvements – thanks to Dr Li-On Lam, Cherrie Genat, Lucy Harris and Dr Georgina Waters for your...Volunteer ENT Team Returns to Madagascar
After 5 years an ENT team, led by ENT Surgeon Dr Latif Kadhim, was delighted to return to Madagascar to provide medical training and services at 3 hospitals. Dr Kadhim was joined by Marika Brandtberg (Theatre Nurse), Dr Peter Baumgartner (Anaesthetist) and Alison Cook (Audiologist). During the 2 weeks the team faced considerable challenges, including flight delays and heavy rainfall. However, the assignment was highly...Nurse Training in Ethiopia
Huge thanks to medical volunteers, Amy Staples (Clinical Nurse Consultant) and Kelly Lee (Theatre Nurse) for providing two weeks of training in Ethiopia, at St Peters Hospital in Addis Ababa and Ayder Hospital, a regional hospital in Mekelle. Amy and Kelly were joined by Ethiopian nurse training specialists, Eyerusalem Amanu and Wondimagegn Tilahun in presenting 14 sessions of infection control and wound management training...48 Hospital Beds Donated
With the help of amazing volunteers – Graeme (our logistics guru), Claire, Helen, Dermot, Sean, David, Sarah, James, Hunter and David – we moved 48 hospital beds from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to storage. Huge thanks to Paul, Jacqui, Dean and the SCGH team for arranging the donation and helping out on the day. There is great need for beds in East African hospitals, and Australian Doctors for Africa can get...Urology & Orthopaedics Team Volunteer in Madagascar
The Ballarat-based volunteer Urology and Orthopaedics team had a very busy two weeks providing medical training and assistance in Toliara, Madagascar. Thanks to Dr Lydia Johns Putra (Urologist) and Dr Shaun English (Orthopaedic Surgeon), both long time ADFA volunteers, Dr Doug Paxton (Anaesthetist) and Nick Veldhuis (Theatre Nurse) for making a difference to many patients in need. Together they delivered 186 consultations,...
ADFA Volunteer Urology Team – Training and Surgeries in Madagascar
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...
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...
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...
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...
Ethiopian Orthopaedic Surgeons Awarded Fellowships
ADFA has extended its scholarship program by offering 12-month fellowships for Ethiopian orthopaedic surgeons at the Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India. Congratulations to the successful 2024 applicants: * Dr Bruh Kefale Gebreyes from Haramaya University Hiwot Fana...
66th Sea Container On Its Way!
A sea container full of donated medical equipment sailed recently for Somaliland hospitals and rural mother and child clinics. Over 400 items were loaded including hospital beds, mattresses, examination tables, birthing beds, incubators, PPE, scrubs, physiotherapy...
Renovation Project at Gondar University Hospital, Ethiopia
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...
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...
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