40 Years of Global Health Partnership
Train health professionals. Strengthen health systems. Transform lives.
Millions of people around the world lack access to trained health professionals. HVO partners with local institutions to strengthen the health workforce through education, mentorship and professional development.
Why HVO
The world doesn’t just need more health care. It needs stronger health workforces.
Shortages of trained health professionals limit access to quality care in communities around the world. HVO’s response is to invest in the people already delivering care where they live, strengthening their skills so that care improves for good.
One volunteer shares expertise
Local clinicians gain skills
Knowledge continues spreading
More patients receive quality care
Our Approach
Lasting change starts with local expertise
Train
Experienced health professionals share knowledge through teaching, mentorship, clinical education and professional development.
Partner
HVO works with local institutions to identify their own educational priorities and needs.
Strengthen
Skills remain within local institutions, helping health professionals educate others and strengthening care over time.
Support Our Work
Become a Volunteer
Global Reach
Local expertise. Global reach.
For four decades, HVO has partnered with health professionals and institutions across the globe, not to deliver aid from the outside, but to strengthen the people already doing the work.
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Stories from the field
Raising the Standard: Anesthesia Education in Rwanda
Janet Dewan, PhD, CRNA has been volunteering in Rwanda since 2010 and with HVO’s anesthesia project with the University of Rwanda since 2023. Her decades working in low-resource areas have convinced her of…
Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy Thanks Dr. Roland Beverly
Colleagues from the dermatology department at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Vietnam thank HVO volunteer Dr. Roland Beverly for his time, support, and shared knowledge. https://youtu.be/8RYYl7Ud5Uw
Bridging Gaps in Oncology Nursing Through International Collaboration
In Vietnam, many of the nurses treating oncology patients have not gone through specialized oncology training – even in hospitals that only care for cancer patients. To address this need, in 2023, Ms.…
Our Regional Reach
Local Expertise. Global reach.
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Ethiopia, Mali, etc.
List of Countries
Ethiopia, Mali, etc.
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Ethiopia, Mali, etc.
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Since 1986, HVO has connected health professionals across borders to teach, mentor and strengthen local health systems, a mission that continues to grow.