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We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:
Orthopaedic Outreach enjoys access to the near 1700 members of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, providing tremendous backing for the wide-ranging projects and activities required in developing countries. This expertise delivers professional guidance in credentialing and examining, surgical techniques and patient clinical assessment. Orthopaedic Outreach is extremely grateful for the financial and physical support received from the Australian Orthopaedic Association.
Orthopaedic trauma remains a prominent and life-changing presentation globally. The ongoing support Orthopaedic Outreach receives from DePuy Synthes provides mechanisms to assist in the management of orthopaedic surgical services and education throughout the developing countries within our immediate region, with the goal of establishing self-sufficient models of care.
DHL Express are the preferred freight transporter of Orthopaedic Outreach, providing creative solutions for freight transport on a national and global level. This ensures Orthopaedic Outreach instrumentation and equipment arrives at its destination safely and efficiently to support our team activities. Through the support of DHL Express, Orthopaedic Outreach delivers donated stock and essential supplies for training of in-country medical and allied health personnel in developing regions.
MDA National have generously been supporting Orthopaedic Outreach since 2015, with a particular focus on our work in remote regions throughout Papua New Guinea. Angau Memorial Hospital is the major hospital in Lae, servicing an estimated population of 800,000 people throughout the Sepik, Madang and Morobe Provinces. With the assistance of MDA National, Orthopaedic Outreach has been able to maintain biannual visits to Lae, concentrating on support with the management of the high volume of orthopaedic and soft tissue trauma presentations.
Stryker is proud to support Orthopaedic Outreach with both medical equipment donations and through the Stryker Outreach Travelling Award. The Stryker Outreach Travelling Award provides funding for several Orthopaedic registrars to accompany consultant surgeons on international aid expeditions each year. The award aims to expose Registrars to the Orthopaedic Outreach philosophy, provide an opportunity for Registrars to experience different surgical settings and provide additional surgical resources to the Outreach nations. Since the award was introduced in 2005, over 50 Registrars have travelled to nations such as Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands, Samoa, and Timor Leste.
Please email argo@stryker.com for more information about the award or how to apply.
Storage King Rockdale have been providing storage solutions for Orthopaedic Outreach since 2006, assisting in receiving and shipping of freight to support our team activities. The staff have always shown a high level of professionalism and understanding when it comes to the varied activities and resources of a streamlined volunteer-based organisation, providing flexible solutions for the storage of our equipment and donated goods in transit.
Allegra Orthopaedics has been proudly supporting Orthopaedic Outreach for many years, with supplies of upper and lower limb medical devices and consumables.
The level of support provided by Allegra Orthopaedics enables Outreach surgeons access to high quality international, as well as Australian designed and manufactured implants for use in surgeries throughout the Asia Pacific region.