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
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