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Advancing Anesthesia Care in Laos
During Dr. Richard Henker’s trip to Lao Friends Hospital for Children (LFHC) in 2024, he collaborated with local partners to conduct a successful workshop focused…
Bhutan Expands Palliative Care Services to Phuentsholing – A Noble Decision
དཔལ་ལྡན་འབྲུག་གཞུང་། གསོ་བ་ལྷན་ཁག། Royal Government of BhutanPhuentsholing Hospital Chhukha: Bhutan Authored By: Phub Wangdi, Team leader, Palliative Care Services, Phuentsholing Hospital THE JOURNEY BEGINS The journey of…
MEET and HVO Partnership for Nutritional Training in Vietnam
In 2016, nutrition specialist Dr. Susan Kleiner’s husband received a call from a friend looking for a dentist to join a volunteer trip to Can…
Reflections from 2025 Golden Apple Honoree Dr. Katharine Lowndes
By Katharine Lowndes, MBBS, FRCPath In 2018, when I was looking into volunteering opportunities, HVO stood out as – and remains – one of the…
Celebrating Two Decades of Saving Newborn Lives in Uganda
https://youtu.be/PSjhnoJIxSw Watch the video to hear Dr. Yvonne Vaucher and Dr. Margaret Nakeeto share their work in neonatal care in Uganda. In the twenty-three years…
Teaching and Learning in Guatemala
By Madeleine Hines, DPT I found HVO while I was searching for an organization that did sustainable service travel for physical therapists. I read the websites…