The finished renovation at Hargeisa Group Hospital looks amazing - what an improvement, especially the operating theatre! The enhancements will provide a safe, clean environment for the orthopaedics department and improve medical care for Somaliland people in need....
Our Stories
Volunteer Medical Teams Back in Madagascar!
After a 3-year hiatus, we are thrilled that medical volunteers are back on the move! A Gastroenterology team of five, including Dr Digby Cullen, Cath Poole, Jacki Crock, Dr Sherman Picardo and Hib Tadlip, headed off to Madagascar for two weeks to train and equip Malagasy gastroenterology doctors and nurses. The assignment was a great success with the team visiting six endoscopy units (in 4 cities!) – performing 124...Overseas Medical Assignments Resume
Volunteer Orthopaedic surgeons, Dr Graham Forward (and ADFA CEO) and Dr Michael Wren travelled to Ethiopia as part of a large training faculty for two orthopaedic training courses for 1st and 4th year residents, held over 6 days in Addis Ababa. ADFA Ethiopian Patron and Olympic/World Champion running, Haile Gebreselassie, visited and gave an inspiring talk. Graham also went to Hargeisa, Somaliland to support an orthopaedics...ADFA at Africa Down Under Conference
Huge thanks to Dr Digby Cullen, Gastroenterologist and ADFA volunteer since 2005, for presenting at the Africa Down Under Conference in Perth last Thursday, on behalf of Australian Doctors for Africa. Thanks also to Judy and Rebecca for operating the booth, kindly donated by the Conference organisers, which received much interested....40ft Sea Container of Donated Medical Equipment for Hawassa, Ethiopia
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 and mattresses, operating tables, anaesthesia machine, ConMed surgical stacks with cameras and scopes, diathermy machines, theatre lights, nurse trolleys,...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 improvement of quality of life, through humanitarian endeavours. Sue first visited Madagascar in October 2009, and has completed 11 two week visits. She is...
Renovating Operating Theatre at Hargeisa Group Hospital
Equipment for New Orthopaedic Department, Hossana, Ethiopia
The Wachemo University Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital in Hossana gratefully received a 40ft sea container of donated medical equipment for their new orthopaedic wards. The equipment and supplies - operating tables, hospital beds, mattresses,...
2020 Annual Report
Check out our 2020 Annual Report. During a very difficult year for many, support from our generous donors and volunteers still enabled: 29 volunteers to travel overseas and perform 1,028 patient consultations, and 219 surgical procedures, and provide training to 209...
Happy Birthday To Us!
How long does it take to: ship over 50 sea containers, 30 air freight pallets, complete 16 infrastructure projects and send 130 medical teams to East Africa? 15 YEARS!! Thank you to all our amazing Board members, volunteers, staff and supporters who have...
Our COVID-19 Response
Over the past six months, Australian Doctors for Africa has pivoted its programs to focus on supporting our in-country partners and hospitals by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) to front line healthcare workers in Ethiopia, Madagascar, Somaliland and...
Australian Ambassador to Ethiopia Represents ADFA
Ambassador Doyle recently represented Australian Doctors For Africa (ADFA) in donating over 80,000 personal protective equipment (PPE) from ADFA to the Black Lion Hospital in the presence of the Chief Executive Director of the College of Health Sciences Dr Dawit...
Fremantle Hospital Donates Equipment
Thanks to the amazing support of Kevin Hogan and Cara Smylie (Biomedical), our long relationship with Fremantle Hospital continues with another load of mattresses and theatre supplies donated to Australian Doctors for Africa. For over 10 years, Kevin has been our...
Donated Crutches Make a Difference for Many
Diversity Action Network in Hargeisa, Somaliland gratefully received much needed crutches which will make a huge difference to many disabled people. Australian Doctors for Africa thanks Sportreat & TotaLife Care in Palmyra for generously donating over 300 pairs of...
Supporting the Fight Against COVID-19 in East Africa
African doctors on the frontline in the battle against the spread of COVID-19 have received a timely boost with the arrival of 98,000 KN95 masks, thanks to the generosity of a private donor. The masks will be distributed to rural and urban health care workers in...
Container Loads of PPE and Medical Equipment for Madagascar
More PPE for healthcare workers arrived in Madagascar in two sea containers full of medical equipment and supplies, which have been distributed to a number of hospitals in Toliara and Antananarivo. Thanks to Hanitra and Lucile, our efficient Madagascar staff, for...
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