AUSTRALIAN DOCTORS INTERNATIONAL (ADI) is a voluntary not-for-profit, development aid organisation. We have no religious or political affiliations. ADI is a signatory to the Australian Council for International Development Code of Conduct, approved by AusAID. ADI is a registered charity, so your donations are tax-deductible. more
Our goal is to improve the health of people in the remote Western Province of Papua New Guinea, the province nearest Australia. PNG ranks worse than Bangladesh and Kenya on the UN Human Development Index, which measures things like life expectancy, adult literacy and GDP per capita. more
We work in close partnership with the Western Provincial Administration Health Division, North Fly District Health, the Catholic Diocese of Daru-Kiunga, PNG Sustainable Development Program, Australian Volunteers International, and local hospitals at Tabubil and Rumginae. more
ADI was founded in 2000 by former Manly Mayor Dr Peter Macdonald and has been operating in Western Province since 2002. We need your support to implement a three-pronged strategy:
1. Deploy volunteer doctors to remote communities.
2. Run treatment and control programs on malaria, filariasis and elephantiasis, HIV and AIDS, and leprosy.
3. Educate and train health workers.
To learn about our programs, please click here.
PNG has the poorest state of health in the Pacific region (WHO 2005), especially in rural areas where health services are deteriorating and difficult to access, or completely closed down.
Communicable diseases, including pneumonia, malaria, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases, meningitis and, increasingly, HIV/AIDS, remain the leading cause of morbidity and account for around 50% of mortality (WHO 2005).
We rely on donations from individuals, corporations and institutions to fund our work. Our key sponsors include PNG Sustainable Development Program, ACC Austpac Chemicals & Commodities, Kimberly-Clark, Nestlé, Man Investments, Roche Products, Westpac/BT Financial. more
