Embed Size (px)
DESCRIPTION
Citation preview
MACF for Health in the Developing World Official Launch Event
A/Professor W Bruce Conolly A.M.F.R.C.S F.R.A.C.S F.A.C.S
Dr Joyce M Conolly
M.B. B.CH B.A.O. B.A (Dublin University)
MACF Launch event details
7:00pm Friday 1st November 2013
25 Bent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
ENqUiRiES:
[email protected] | [email protected] | macf.net.au
Myanmar Australia Conolly Foundation for Health
EvEnt ProgrAM
7:00pm Drinks and canapés
7:40pm Welcome by John Cowling
7:45pm “Hands-on Doctor Program” by Associate Professor Bruce Conolly
7:55pm “Current Medical Needs in Myanmar” by Dr Raymond Tint Way
8:00pm “Barefoot Doctor Program” by Dr Joyce Conolly
8:10pm Speech by Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir, AC CVO, Governor of NSW
8:20pm Thank you by John Cowling
8:25pm - 9:00pm Drinks and canapés
InDEX
MACF ‘Barefoot Doctor Program’ Goals - Dr Joyce M Conolly
MACF Goals - A/Professor W Bruce Conolly AM and Dr Joyce M Conolly
MACF ‘Hands-On Doctor Program’ Goals - A/Professor W Bruce Conolly AM
MACF “Barefoot Doctor Program” goals
1. improved health by nutrition, education and training of village people of Myanmar.
MACF Members improved health, nutrition, training and education of the village people of Myanmar. This improvement has been brought about by the work of MACF Members, not only the doctors, nurses and physiotherapists. it has evolved in a marked improvement in the standard of care, and in the health of the Myanmar people in those hospitals and villages where MACF has worked.
2. Decreased mortality and morbidity of mothers following childbirth. increasedawareness of childbirth problems and training, educating and development of local personnel in basic procedures to assist with pregnancy, childbirth and aftercare of babies.
MACF Member, Dr Joyce Conolly delivers crucial support to help reduce the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with childbirth in Myanmar.
3. improved mental health of the people
in many of the villages, MACF Members taught the doctors and senior nurses about depression, its diagnosis and treatment. The thirst for knowledge about this subject is very great, as until recently it was not recognised as an illness in Myanmar.
MACF donated to each of the Magway hospitals, Yangon General Hospital and Kwekabaw Hospital, the excellent book in mental health, A Primer of Clinical Psychiatry, by David Castle and D Bafftand. The staff at the hospitals have benefited greatly from this book, enabling them to improve their diagnosis and treatment of depression.
4. improved health and nutrition of children under 5 years
in Myanmar, a nation rich in natural resources, it is tragic that child mortality rates in rural Myanmar are so high; improving this is a particular area of focus for MACF Members.
5. Training and educating of compassionate community healthcare leaders (mostly women) in villages.
Their training is chosen appropriate to the needs of the community and the poverty of the area. This can vary from the importance of basic hygiene to the management of diahhrea and childbirth.
Dr Joyce Conolly lectures on basic healthcare, in remote village, as part of MACF’s “Barefoot Doctor” program
MACF goals
Greater opportunities and equality for women through medical training and community healthcare leadership roles.
MACF Member, A/Professor Bruce Conolly, teaching physiotherapists, occupational therapists and nurses and donating books written on these topics. Part of MACF’s mission is the “Barefoot Doctor” program, which aims to train village members in various areas of healthcare – from the significance of basic hygiene to treatment of potentially fatal illness, such as diarrhea.
MACF Members A/Professor Bruce Conolly and Dr Raymond Wong meeting with nuns and nursing sisters from village areas planning the next trip to remote villages, as part of MACF’s “Barefoot Doctor” program.
MACF “Hands-on Doctor Program” goals
1. Training, and educating surgeons, nurses and therapists in basic primary care for those thousands of patients with injuries, infections and disorders of their hand and upper extremity
MACF Member, A/Professor Bruce Conolly teaching doctors and nurses on how to manage the amputation of this patient.
MACF Member A/Professor Bruce Conolly uses a white board to highlight important points to the student doctors. MACF Member, A/Professor Bruce Conolly teaches the principles of the clinical examination of the hand.
2. increased standard of living for the community by improving the quality of care, training, support and supplies.
Education of the young will impact on the health of the community
MACF Member Mike Withford presents on “capacity building” in the medical sector. One of his discussion points was common preventable injuries, including those sustained on bullock carts, the cause of substantial injuries through collapses.
3. Training, educating and developing of doctors, therapists and nurses in upper limb surgery.
MACF Member A/Professor Bruce Conolly delivers hand surgery and rehabilitation lectures at Medical Conferences in Magway and Yangon to doctors and nurses at all levels in the clinics of the various hospitals. MACF Members assisted with surgical procedures. Donation of essential equipment including internal fixation fracture systems, micro surgical instruments and essential text books on techniques was made, thanks in great part to Medartis and AusAiD’s Direct Aid Program.
MACF Member, A/Professor Bruce Conolly teaching on a ward round in Magway Hospital.
MACF Directors
A/Professor W Bruce Conolly AM: Founding [email protected]
Dr Joyce M Conolly: Founding Member
Christine Conolly: [email protected]
James Heller: Director and [email protected]
Lisa Bartak: [email protected]
AuditorJohn Cowling:
Mike Withford: [email protected]
Susan Nixon: [email protected]
For more information, visit macf.net.au or contact any of the above directors
Myanmar Australia Conolly Foundation for Health
