Our 62nd sea container of donated medical equipment and supplies is bound for a large hospital in southern Ethiopia, to furnish the new orthopaedics theatres at Hawassa Specialised Referral Hospital. The team are looking forward to receiving much needed hospital beds...
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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 meetings, ward rounds, outpatient clinics, and 3 major surgeries. A major focus was tutorial-style teaching sessions with 8 trainee Orthopaedic Surgeons on...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 dedicated clubfoot team in Madagascar, managed by Lucile Rasamison in Toliara, with clinical support by Dr Kate Stannage. Thanks to David McCoy, ADFA Board member,...New ADFA 5 Year Strategic Plan
The Board of Australian Doctors for Africa adopted a new five year Strategic Plan 2023-28, following a successful planning workshop attended by supporters, volunteers, Board members and staff. The Plan will guide the organisation’s activities over the next five years and focus on achieving the following outcomes: Overseas Medical Assignments: Vulnerable people (including women and children) have increased access to...Equipment Donated to Regional Hospital in Madagascar
Donated medical equipment – including 23 hospital beds and mattresses, disabled children wheelchairs, BP monitors, ventilators, PPE and medical consumables – has arrived at the University Hospital Andrainjato, Fianarantsoa, in regional Madagascar. “It is with great pleasure to inform you of the arrival of the materials which is intended for the equipment of the hospital and the new centre for the handling of traffic...Three Sea Containers of Donated Medical Equipment Sailing to Africa!
Thanks to the help of volunteers, over a busy three weeks in June we packed three sea containers of donated medical equipment for partner hospitals in East Africa: Ayder Referral Hospital in Mekelle, in northern Ethiopia, and two for Madagascar – for regional public hospitals in Fianarantsoa and Toliara, and supplies for our ADFA medical volunteer program. Nearly 600 items were loaded, including 63 hospital beds &...
40ft Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Hawassa, Ethiopia
Congratulations Dr Sue Chapman – USANZ Christchurch Medal Recipient
Congratulations to long time ADFA volunteer, Dr Sue Chapman, who is the recipient of this year's Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand (USANZ) Christchurch Medal, in recognition of urologists who have provided exceptional service and contribution to the...
Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Somaliland
“Amazing team effort to deliver a massive amount of valuable medical equipment to a part of the world facing many challenges”, said CEO, Dr Graham Forward. Nearly 4000 kg of donated medical equipment was packed into a 40 ft sea container for distribution to medical...
Celebrating World Clubfoot Day – 3 June 2022
Australian Doctors for Africa celebrates World Clubfoot Day on 3 June by thanking and acknowledging our Clubfoot staff in Madagascar and Diversity Action Network in Somaliland for making a huge difference in the lives of many children every year. Clubfoot is the most...
RFDS WA Donates Medical Equipment
Huge thanks to Paul, Carmen and Hayley and the team at Royal Flying Doctors Service WA for donating a trailer load of decommissioned equipment - ventilators, defibrillators, patient monitors, laryngoscopes and handheld blood testing machines. Thanks also to our super...
Support for Damaged Ethiopian Hospital
Wollo University Dessie Teaching and Referral Hospital is the most important health facility in the Amhara region in northern Ethiopia with a catchment area of 10 million people. During the recent Ethiopian conflict, the hospital sustained significant damage and...
Infection Control Training for Ethiopian Nurses
Australian Doctors for Africa arranged 4-day Infection Control Training Seminars for two rural hospitals in south west Ethiopia, Wolaita Sodo and Hossana, and soon to be a third in Hawassa. The training covers hand hygiene; standard precautions; sterilising, care and...
Continuing PPE Support for Health Care Workers in Madagascar
Australian Doctors for Africa recently provided a large quantity of PPE to Endoscopy Units at five hospitals in Madagascar. Supplies included 4,800 face masks, 35,000 gloves, 350 Tyvec jumpsuits and 40 face shields, which will help reduce the spread of COVID-19...
60th Sea Container!! Medical Equipment for Dessie, Ethiopia
In response to the Ethiopian crisis, Australian Doctors for Africa has sent a sea container of donated medical equipment to Dessie Referral Hospital, a looted and damaged hospital located 400 km north of the capital, Addis Ababa. Equipment included operating tables,...
Orthopaedic Implants Donated to Ethiopia
In response to the Ethiopian crisis, Australian Doctors for Africa has donated large consignments of orthopaedic plates, screws and equipment to four Ethiopian hospitals in Addis Ababa, Wolaita Sodo, Gondar and Hossana. “The whole donation let us see that still we...
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