Transforming Lives

Through Education

Members share what their HVO experiences have meant to them.

News and Stories

Vietname countryside

Journey of Home-based Palliative Care in Thimphu, Bhutan

Nurses establish the first palliative care service in Bhutan.

Celebrating Two Decades of Saving Newborn Lives in Uganda

Neonatologists team up to save newborn lives.

Volunteering with HVO for the First Time: Teaching Nurses in Vietnam

First-time volunteers share their experience presenting to nurses at a conference in Vietnam.

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PARTNER

Our Work

HVO is dedicated to improving the availability and quality of health care in resource-scarce countries through the training, mentorship, and education of local health professionals. Highly skilled health professionals serve as volunteers providing both in-person and virtual trainings. We also provide scholarships for on-site clinicians to participate in international continuing education opportunities. Around the world, HVO is transforming lives through education, working towards a world where all people have access to high-quality health care delivered by local health professionals.

Our Impact

Around the world, HVO is transforming lives through education

12,244+

volunteer assignments since 1986

245

international partners since 1986

95

projects in 22 countries

3,100+

health professionals trained annually