Duke-Engineering World Health

Director, Robert Malkin, PhD

Engineering World Health (EWH) is a national organization that harnesses the resources of collegiate engineering programs for the improvement of conditions in hospitals of developing nations. In 2004, EWH partnered with Duke University’s Pratt School of Engineering to create Duke-EWH, offering the Duke-EWH Summer Program and other activities.

Through Duke-EWH, engineers and engineering students assess the needs of a hospital, assemble a container of refurbished medical equipment and donated supplies to meet the hospital’s needs, then return to the hospital to install the equipment and train the hospital’s staff in its use and maintenance.

Duke-EWH is actively involved in the Duke Global Health Institute’s Global Health PLUS program. This program provides surplus medical equipment and supplies to Duke faculty-run programs overseas. Duke-EWH works with GH PLUS to provide necessary training to recipients of the medical equipment.

For more information on EWH or Duke-EWH, visit www.ewh.org.