In 2017, the group Advocacy for Global Health Partnerships published a statement of ethical principles to guide policy regarding short-term global health engagements called The Brocher Declaration. This statement laid out six ways organizations involved in global health volunteering can…
After a long hiatus as COVID-19 shut down borders and stalled travel, HVO began sending volunteers overseas once again. This summer, volunteer Dr. Mark Koh Jean Aan, clinical associate professor and head and senior consultant at the Department of Dermatology…
2016 Golden Award honoree Kay Ahern, PT, CHT has volunteered twenty-six times in twenty-three years. Kay Ahern, PT, CHT has completed twenty-six assignments in six different countries since she began volunteering with HVO twenty-three years ago. For the eight years…
Drs. Glen Crawford and Suzanne Abkowitz Crawford have been volunteering with HVO’s orthopaedic project in Tanzania since its beginning. They discovered HVO when an HVO volunteer presented a lecture on volunteering and teaching to Dr. Crawford’s senior residency cohort. Both…
In 2015, Dr. Phuong Thi Thanh Nguyen was awarded The Wyss Scholarship for Future Leaders in Global Health and traveled from Hue, Vietnam to New York City to study dermatopathology for six weeks at Columbia University Medical Center. The experience,…
Health Volunteers Overseas is closely monitoring the situation caused by the global outbreak of COVID-19. HVO project sites are temporarily suspending placement of volunteers thru May 31st.
Dr. Sam Baker came to Bhutan out of a desire to volunteer in a rural, resource-scarce country and stayed because of his love and respect for the country and people. He has now been volunteering annually in Bhutan with HVO’s…
What are they doing now? Mubashir Jusabani’s dream of becoming a physician began at an early age, after breaking a number of bones as a child. During his visits with the orthopaedic physicians, he felt their compassion and dedication. He…
Written by Nancy Kelly Left: Judith Canfield-Henry Right: Dr. Martin Hobdell This is the second installment of two blogs that reflect on previous Golden Apple Award honorees, who are no longer with us, but have left quite a legacy of…
Written by Nancy Kelly Left: Mattilou Catchpole Right: Nancy Kelly, Dr. Zutz and Kate Fincham In 2006, as HVO celebrated its 20th anniversary, the Board of Directors created the Golden Apple Award, an annual award that would acknowledge those HVO volunteers…
Images from Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital, SKMH Cambodia, despite numerous constraints and challenges, has managed to vaccinate over 96% of the population 18 years and older. How did they do this? With leadership, collaboration, good clear communication and education. The Royal Government…
Timing can be everything! Who would have thought that a project created in 2019 would be so important and beneficial during the pandemic? This year Sonja Kill Memorial Hospital (SKMH) in Kampot, Cambodia started using a telehealth robot. The device was provided by our partner World Telehealth…