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…
As September starts, many students will be returning to school and some businesses are reopening after the constraints of COVID-19. What has not changed is that, 1 ½ years later, the pandemic is still with us, and the delta variant is…
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.
Let’s face it; we are all tired and stressed from the pandemic and the isolation, fear, and anxiety it has brought. That is particularly true among health care providers, who have often been on the frontlines addressing the crisis. I…
I am pleased to announce that HVO is once again accepting applications for the Wyss Scholarship for Future Leaders in Global Health. For now, we will only consider virtual training opportunities. The scholarship, which was initiated in 2015, provides short-term professional development opportunities…
With the roll-out of vaccines creeping across the globe, and with pandemic fatigue ever present, there will certainly be pent-up interest in travel opportunities reopening. But what exactly does that mean, and when will it be safe to travel again…
As I write this, COVID-19 continues to surge across the globe and cases are approaching 145 million, with more than 3 million deaths. The only way we can get through the pandemic and begin to gain some sense of normalcy in…
What a year it has been! When the pandemic was officially declared and I asked staff to begin working remotely, I thought that might be the case for about three weeks. Little did we know that, over a year later,…
Here in Washington, we are beginning to see a few signs of spring – warmer weather, sunnier days; all are welcome signs of renewal. Similarly, across the globe, we are seeing glimmers of hope that the pandemic, which has terrorized…
A recent “Goats and Soda” blog for NPR talked of how the term “Third World” was used frequently by the media after the rioting occurred at the US Capitol Building, likening the behavior to that which can occur in countries…