What the program is all about:

In a nut shell, EWH is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that "mobilizes the biomedical engineering community to improve the quality of health care in hospitals that serve resource-poor communities of the developing world." The program I participated in is one of many programs that EWH is involved with. With the summer institute, I was  involved in intensive Swahili classes as well as lots of training to fix medical equipment. My partner and I then applied our newly acquired skills we learned over the first month at Mt. Meru Regional Hospital. We spent the next month busy as can be trying to repair everything we got our hands on.For more information you can visit: http://www.ewh.org/ 

Below you can find my schedule while I was there along with a video of my partner and I's secondary project at Mt. Meru

June 21, 2011 Flight to Tanzania from Buffalo, NY 
June 22, 2011 EWH Summer Institute begins
All participants meet at Kilimanjaro International Airport (KIA) in Tanzania
June 22 – July 21 Usa River, Tanzania
June 22: Orientation to Tanzania and EWH, host family introductions
June 23: Classes begin
Schedule for Monday-Thursday
8:30 - 12:30 Swahili lessons
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch break
1:30 - 2:30 Lecture: Introduction to Medical Instruments and Measurements
2:30 - 5:30 Laboratory: Working in Developing World Hospitals
Schedule for Work Days (one day per week, usually Friday)
8:30-5:30 Field work in local hospital
July 21- August 19 Host Hospital
July 21: Travel to host hospital
July 22 – August 19: Work in host hospital
8:00 - 5:00 or as determined by  hospital supervisor
August 20-21 EWH Summer Institute Conference
 All participants return to Usa River, Tanzania for posters, presentations and discussion
August 21, 2011 EWH Summer Institute ends
Fly back to Buffalo