By Linda James | Senior Associate
Thank you for your support for HVO’s work of empowering health care providers across the globe. At Health Volunteers Overseas, our mission is to build the capacity of health workers and strengthen health care systems. A crucial component is partnership. HVO facilitates partnerships between institutions, local providers, volunteers, and sponsor organizations, connecting people with one another and with the resources necessary to bring education and training to health workers in low- and middle-income countries. Your support makes these partnerships possible.
HVO volunteer and pediatrics committee member Cynthia Howard, MD, MPH, FAAP recently commented, “I think developing professional relationships with international colleagues – teaching together and exchanging ideas, provides not only personal satisfaction, but the opportunity to build pediatric capacity together. The greatest impact for all of us is the professional network we have developed together.”
Dr. Howard certainly speaks from experience, as she has volunteered in Uganda on more than a dozen assignments. The network of HVO volunteers and Ugandan colleagues and partners have worked together on a number of advancements in child health, including neonatology education; establishment of an Adolescent Clinic; implementation of a screen for G6PD deficiency; and the development of a diabetes clinic.
Bringing together health care professionals to work side-by-side and share their knowledge and skills is what builds and strengthens health systems around the world. The impact of an individual health worker is magnified when they operate as part of a team dedicated to delivering quality health care. Likewise, HVO’s organizational impact is magnified through partnerships.
We are pleased that additional partnerships have developed this year. In March, another nursing education project site in Vietnam opened, and three new projects in Peru will start in May, in the fields of orthopaedics, physical therapy, and anesthesia.
Thank you for your support in empowering health care providers; your support is making a difference in global health care!
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