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[http://www.ewh.org/ Engineering World Health] is a non-profit organization mobilizing the biomedical engineering community to improve the quality of health care in hospitals serving resource-poor communities of the developing world. EWH installs donated and new medical equipment, carries out equipment repairs, and trains to build local capacity to both manage and maintain sophisticated equipment. Engineering World Health was founded in 2001 by Robert Malkin and Mohammed Kiani in Memphis, TN and now serves a global community. Their head office is now located in Durham, North Carolina.
To accomplish their goals EWH has a focus on two main program branches. The first is the [http://www.ewh.org/programs/chapters student programs] which includes university Chapters, Kit builds, STEM volunteer teaching, the annual Design Competition, and the Summer Institute. These programs raise awareness of how biomedical engineering can help solve global health challenges, and they work to engage the skills of engineering students from around the world to educate others and repair life-saving medical equipment in places like Rwanda, Tanzania, and Nicaragua.