EWH Blog

EWH's twenty participants in SI Nepal spent their first week in Nepal learning about the local culture and language. Now, the group has split into smaller teams and gone to their local hospitals to get to work. Thanks to the pre-course the group took in Denmark before arriving in Nepal, they are all ready to go! Here's a look at their experience so far:…

Thanks to Libby Mills, the Coordinator for BMET Ethiopia, for her contributions to this post. In June, BMET students in Ethiopia finished another semester of Training the Trainers. The students now have much better access to tools and medical equipment, which has improved their ability to practice hands-on skills. The more they learn, the more their interest and dedication grow!…

It’s hard to believe eight weeks have already flown by since SI Nicaragua started this year. We faced unexpected challenges this year: due to changes in MOH regulations, we were unable to place students in public hospitals. (We’re now undergoing the new registration process for next year). However, we were able to find solutions thanks to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the program. Some students are working in NGO-sponsored hospitals, while a group of ten students moved to Guatemala to work with our partner hospitals there.…

All of our Summer Institute programs are in full swing as our 2016 participants are currently on the ground in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Nepal! That's not all we're up to. Check out the latest from our BMET Training program, our student program, and our friends at Sparo Labs!…

For the past three weeks, students from the Nordic Five technical universities have been studying at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in preparation for EWH’s Summer Institute in Nepal. Next week, they will begin six weeks of working in hospitals to maintain and repair medical equipment and share their knowledge with local hospital staff.…