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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...

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 centres in Somaliland, including a birthing bed, patient trolleys, electronic surgical equipment, diathermy machine, hospital mattresses, wheelchairs for disabled...