Engineering World Health

Join us for a webinar! 💻

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, EWH has offered virtual programs to promote cross cultural exchange and engineering education opportunities for students even when travel is not possible, facilitating cross-cultural experiences for nearly 250 high school and university students across three continents in 2021. 🌏

Join EWH and a select group of virtual exchange alumni and program facilitators on Thursday, December 2 at 12:00 PM EST for a lunchtime panel discussion about the virtual exchange experience! 

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Panelists:

Naja Bou Khalil | 2021 Graduate, Notre Dame University-Louaize | Engineering Analyst and Research Assistant | 2020 VEIC Exchange Alumnus and 2021 Virtual Program Facilitator

Deema Khalil | 2021 Graduate, Notre Dame University-Louaize | Civil and Environmental Engineer, 2020 VEIC Exchange Alumna and 2021 Virtual Program Facilitator

Megan Lavery | Senior Projects Manager, Engineering World Health

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Learn more about EWH’s virtual programs and how we use technology to connect young people across continents and cultures and enable hundreds of students to collaborate and learn with their peers abroad without having to leave their communities by joining us on Thursday, December 2 at 12:00 PM EST.

REGISTER TO ATTEND: https://ewh.org/news/webinars/

Since 2001, EWH’s Institute programs have:  

🧑🏽‍⚕️ trained over 1,200 participants to repair broken medical equipment in low-resource countries

🏥 made 13,200+ equipment repairs

🌏 supported 7 countries

💵  completed over $26 million worth of service 

Are you an undergraduate, graduate student, or young professional in a STEM field? Join us this summer in: 🇷🇼 Rwanda 🇬🇹Guatemala or 🇩🇴 the Dominican Republic 

The first deadline to apply is December 1! 📅

Find more information at https://ewh.org/the-institutes/summer-institute-programs/

#globalhealth #biomedicalengineering #engineering #STEM #studyabroad #volunteerabroad #serviceabroad #womeninSTEM

We couldn’t have done it without YOU! 🎉

Head on over to https://ewh.org/news/annual-reports/ to read our full annual report and learn about everything that we were able to accomplish this year with your support. Thank you! 

💌 Make a gift today to support our programs through 2022 at https://ewh.org/donate/

#TBT to our 2018 January Institute in #Guatemala! 🇬🇹
Here our Institute participants are pictured taking a much-deserved break on a group hike 📸🏔

In Summer 2022, EWH will run programs in Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Rwanda. To learn more, visit https://ewh.org/the-institutes/summer-institute-programs/

📅 The first application deadline is December 1!

EWH’s Summer Institutes are two-month service abroad programs for undergraduates, graduate students, and young professionals in STEM fields. The Summer Institutes place participants in the hospitals and clinics of low-resource countries where they repair equipment, conduct preventative maintenance, take inventories, and train staff on how to maintain old and operate new equipment.

We’ve had a busy year! 

Despite the ongoing impact of the pandemic, EWH has continued to adapt and find ways to achieve our mission both at home and abroad, expanding our repertoire of virtual exchange programs and facilitating free STEM education programs for hundreds of K-12 students across the U.S.  

📘 Read about our recent accomplishments and our plans for 2022 in our newly published 2021 Annual Report!  

📄 Short on time? Check out our one-page impact report! 

Find both at: https://ewh.org/news/annual-reports/

#TBT to our 2017 Summer Institute in #Rwanda! 

In this photo, SI participant Joanne is working on a wheelchair alongside a local hospital technician. 

🌎 EWH’s Summer Institutes are two-month service abroad programs for undergraduates, graduate students, and young professionals in STEM fields. 

✈️ Interested in joining us in 2022? Find more info about our programs to Rwanda, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic here: https://ewh.org/the-institutes/summer-institute-programs/

📆 The first application deadline is December 1! 

#TBT to our 2015 BMET Training Program in #Honduras! 🇭🇳

Storage rooms in low-resource hospitals are full of donated equipment in need of repairs. Basic challenges often prevent them from returning from service, such as damaged cords, clogged filters, or even blown fuses. 

Many hospitals lack Biomedical Equipment Technicians (BMETs), instead relying on general maintenance staff or electricians who are not trained to work on medical equipment. To help overcome this challenge, EWH has completed BMET training programs in 6 different countries. Local trainers are prepared to take over the program, with the ultimate result being that we leave the countries we work in with a sustainable source of well-trained BMETs. 🧰🔧

Read more at https://ewh.org/bmet/

Interested in supporting our work? Make a donation at https://ewh.org/donate/ 

#biomedicalengineering #BMET #globalhealth #healthcareworkers

#TBT to our 2018 Summer Institute in #Rwanda!

During class, this group assembled Solar SPELL units to provide portable, offline access to a digital library for hospital workers in remote settings where wi-fi access is unreliable. 📚📱

Solar technology often plays an important role in low-resource design, as it provides an affordable, reliable, and sustainable power source. ☀️

Interested in learning more about EWH’s Institute programs? Join us next month for an EWH Webinar: Challenges to Medical Equipment Maintenance! More info at https://ewh.org/news/webinars/

#biomedicalengineering #globalhealth #studyabroad #volunteerabroad #solarpower

#TBT to our 2019 Summer Institute in #Nepal! 

In this photo SI participant Maria is posing with a repaired x-ray printer circuit board 🧰🪛

During this trip, 24 students returned 246 pieces of equipment to service - an estimated $492,000 worth of repairs! 

Another student on this Summer Institute trip said, “I really enjoyed getting to know the people in the hospital and town. The happiness when returning machines and watching the patients use it at once was very satisfying, knowing that we were the ones that helped them directly.” 

Learn more at https://ewh.org 🌏

#WomeninSTEM #biomedicalengineering #STEM #globalhealth #StudyAbroad #volunteerabroad