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[[File:Engineering World Health Logo.png|frame|right|Engineering World Health Logo.png]] [http://www.ewh.org/ Engineering World Health] (EWH) is a non-profit organization mobilizing the biomedical engineering community to improve the quality of health care in hospitals serving resource-poor communities in developing countries. Founded in 2001 by Robert Malkin and Mohammed Kiani in Memphis, Tennessee, Engineering World Health now serves a global community. EWH aids in donated and new medical equipment installation, equipment repairs, and provides training to biomedical technicians in order to build local capacity to both manage and maintain medical equipment. The head office is now located in Durham, North Carolina.
To accomplish their goals, Engineering World Health focuses on two main program branches. The first program branch 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. Each program raises awareness of how biomedical engineering can help solve global health challenges, and works 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.
The second program branch is the [http://www.ewh.org/programs/bmet-training-program BMET Training programs]. In collaboration with local partners in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, these programs provide professional training that build in-country, self-sustaining bodies of biomedical engineering technicians (BMETs). This program works closely with local Ministries of Health, public hospitals, universities, and local engineers and doctors in order to build the network needed to sustain these training programs after the projects duration. The BMET Training programs are based on a 3-year curriculum developed in partnership with Duke University and then tailored to each country’s needs. Engineering World Health initiates and execuates the programs, but the ultimate goal is to transfer the programs continuation on to local educators.
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