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...
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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...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 common musculoskeletal birth deformity, affecting 200,000 newborn children each year. The clinics treat over 200 children a year using the Ponseti Method. We...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 logistics volunteer, Graeme Wilson, for helping transport the equipment. Collaboration between organisations such as ADFA and RFDS provide effective and...
Donated Crutches Make a Difference for Many
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...
PPE for Healthcare Workers in East Africa
Massive thanks to the ProtoSpace team at the University of Technology Sydney for donating 510 face shields to our COVID-19 support program in East Africa. Led by interns Isaac Garcia and Stuart Kirkwood, a team of “COVID-19 Student Responders” designed and 3D printed...
Sea Container Packed Full of Medical Equipment for Ethiopia
Last Friday we packed a 40ft sea container for the Nigist Elleni Mohammed Memorial Referral Hospital in Hossana, a city 250 km south west of Addis Ababa. Massive thanks to John, Michael, Les and the team at AWH for your assistance on the day and storage support...
Supporting Female Medical Students in Somaliland
Australian Doctors for Africa has expanded its scholarship program by providing two new scholarships for female medical students in Somaliland. Hafsa and Zainab are studying medicine at the Edna Adan University Hospital in Hargeisa and have been awarded scholarships...
Thank You Emirates Airline Foundation
A huge thank you to the Emirates Airline Foundation for its generous support in 2019 for our activities in Ethiopia through the donation of 17 return flights and extra baggage allowance. This extraordinary support allowed us to increase our trips to Ethiopia for...
Volunteers Pack Two Sea Containers of Donated Medical Equipment for Madagascar
Massive thanks to dedicated volunteers - Graeme Wilson (Board Member) and Lions Club of Claremont-Nedlands members, Lex Thomson, Leo McManus, Paul Wyndham (excellent scribing again Paul!), Steve Andrews, Jim Davies, John Barnett, Andrew Porteous and Jack Slater - for...
Small Obstetrics/Gynaecology Team Makes a Big Difference
The Toowoomba-based volunteer Obstetrics/Gynaecology team of Dr Lanziz Homar (Obstetrician/Gynaecologist and team leader), Dr Garrett Benson (Anaesthetist) and Joshua Hawkins (Theatre Nurse) visited Madagascar for 10 days to provide essential gynaecology and...
Gastroenterology Team Helps Many in Madagascar
The third volunteer Gastroenterology team for the year, of Dr Digby Cullen, Dr Niroshan Muwanwella, Ms Nicolle Harrison and Ms Zara Webb-Martin, ran a surgical program and training in four cities in Madagascar over two weeks. Traveling extensively, the team worked...
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