• DocumentCode
    1349331
  • Title

    Engineering World Health

  • Author

    Kaunonen, Gary

  • Author_Institution
    A freelance writer and a Ph.D. student in Michigan.
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    33
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the birth, mission, goal and the nonprofit organizational structure of the Engineering World Health Organization. The EWH, by getting its feet on the ground and giving engineering students a chance to help shape sustainable medical aid to developing countries, creates memories, instills a sense of moral imagination, and imbues an altruistic ethic in its student participants, while also teaching people in developing countries to help address their own health technology needs. This approach to the idea of charity in the developing world is a unique one that attempts to erase hundreds of years of stereotypes and stigma placed on peoples living in the developing world. The EWH´s most significant and successful project, the Rwanda Program is also discussed.
  • Keywords
    biomedical education; biomedical engineering; Engineering World Health Organization; Rwanda Program; altruistic ethic; biomedical engineering; engineering students; health technology; moral imagination; sustainable medical aid; Hospitals; Medical services; Organizations; Training;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Pulse, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2154-2287
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MPUL.2010.938710
  • Filename
    5600489