Health Worker Story
Volunteer Spotlight: Viviane Leuche, MD Committed to Improving Health Care in Sub-Saharan Africa
Growing up in Cameroon, Viviane Leuche, MD, was inspired by her childhood pediatrician to pursue a career in pediatrics. The African continent’s relatively young population—the estimated median age is 19... Read more
A Tribute to Nursing from HVO
Editor's note: The following article is a guest contribution from Betty Beard, RN, MSN, PhD. Dr. Beard, Professor Emeritus at Eastern Michigan University, is the Project Director for HVO’s nursing... Read more
Timing is Everything
Developing a Fulbright assignment with HVO took a while but, ultimately, the timing of the experience could not have been better. Sihanouk Hospital Center of HOPE, in Cambodia’s capital of... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: Pamela Cole, PT, CWS Builds Relationships to Improve Global Wound Care
Pamela Cole, PT, CWS believes in building relationships to improve global health. As she noted in a recent interview, “Building relationships is where it's really at.” Ms. Cole, a 2018... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: HVO Golden Apple Award Recipient Sithach Mey, MD
For over a decade, Dr. Sithach Mey has served as on-site coordinator for HVO’s dermatology project at Preah Kossamak Hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. As Head of the Dermatology Department... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: HVO Golden Apple Award Recipient Dashrath Kafle, BDS, MDS
At HVO we often discuss the importance of partnership. Without the support of our partners, including dedicated on-site personnel at each of our project sites across the globe, we would... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: Robert Hoffman, MD is Hooked on Volunteering Overseas
2018 Golden Apple Award honoree Robert Hoffman, MD already had some international medical volunteer experience under his belt when he first learned about HVO during the 2006 American Society for... Read more
Training Future Leaders: Global Health Volunteers Bear Witness to Development & Growth
Pediatric cardiologist Mark Duster, MD believes international health volunteers “offer a vision of the possible” to their colleagues in resource-scarce countries by providing a glimpse into how increased health workforce... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: HVO Golden Apple Award Recipient Janna Beling, PhD, PT
Dr. Janna Beling’s first international medical volunteer assignment did not coincide with her first visit to a resource-scarce country. As the daughter of a professor of international relations and political... Read more
Volunteer Spotlight: HVO Golden Apple Award Recipient George Meyer, MD
Dr. George Meyer gained his first experience practicing medicine internationally as a member of the U.S. Air Force. He served in Thailand, Japan, and Germany. Through these experiences, he and... Read more