With great support from our donors and volunteers we achieved some wonderful results during the 2021/22 financial year, supporting communities in need in Africa. * 210 children treated for clubfoot in Madagascar and Somaliland * 27 scholarships for specialty...
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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...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 Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Harar. * Dr Tegenu Dinku Gurmu from Jimma University Medical Centre, Jimma. The fellowships commence in July 2024, and...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 equipment, crutches, wheelchairs for disabled children, and medical supplies. Thanks a million to our hard working volunteer packers – Graeme, Nick, Paul and...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 required renovation, to meet hospital standards and improve peri-operative infection rates and overall length of stay for the patients. The successful project,...
2022 Annual Report
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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