Engineering World Health

Inspiring, educating, and engaging engineers to improve health care delivery in the developing world 🏥🌍

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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/

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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

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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/

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#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.

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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/

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#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! 

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2021 Virtual Engineering Innovation and Cultural Exchange Program Comes to a Close

Over the summer, Engineering World Health offered a free virtual design program bringing together students from the United States, Lebanon, and Jordan.

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#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

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#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

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Health Care in Afghanistan Is Crumbling, Aid Groups Warn

After the Taliban’s takeover, international donors withdrew funds that hospitals and clinics depended on. Now a fourth wave of Covid looms.

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#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

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#TBT to our 2016 Summer Institute in #Nicaragua!

Did you know that in addition to fixing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of medical equipment, our SI participants also take on secondary projects in and around the hospitals where they work? 

This group in Nicaragua built a playground from upcycled tires, complete with a beautiful accompanying mural! 🎨🐘

To learn more about EWH and our Institute programs, visit https://ewh.org!

#volunteerabroad #globalhealth #biomedicalengineering #servicelearning #studyabroad

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The Future Of The Afghan Girls Robotics Team Is Precarious

The teenagers made headlines when they came to Washington in 2017 for an international competition. Today they face a uncertain future with the Taliban again in charge of their homeland.

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When COVID-19 drove up demand for medical oxygen in Mexico, supply lines got shaky and prices soared—pushing some hospitals to embrace plans to build their own plants.

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United Way of the Greater Triangle Names EWH CEO Tojan Rahhal one of “10 To Watch” Nonprofit Leaders

United Way of the Greater Triangle Names EWH CEO Tojan Rahhal one of “10 To Watch” Nonprofit Leaders

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Extreme heat-caused deaths have jumped 74% in the last 30 years

The toll is expected to grow as temperatures increase worldwide.

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Nathan Brown: Toward a better, more versatile wheelchair

With the help of a Royce Fellowship from the Swearer Center, Nathan Brown is developing a wheelchair design with the aim of increasing mobility for users on both indoor and outdoor terrain.