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Wharton Student-Alumni Group Receives Award from Doctors of the World

The Board of Directors of Doctors of the World--USA awarded the 2008 Health and Human Rights Leadership Award to Wharton Health International Volunteers Project (WHIVP) in recognition of its contributions to assisting in the creation and development of sustainable health systems in the developing world. The award was given to the organization in recognition of 11 years of student volunteering to healthcare nonprofit organizations in Africa, Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. Past winners have included Desmond Tutu, Kofi Annan, and a long list of well-known world leaders. Graduating Wharton students Katie Vahle, Darshan Prabhu, Joyce Liao, and incoming chair Lisa Ramon accepted on behalf of WHIVP.

WHIVP is an MBA student-alumni organization drawing mostly from students majoring in Health Care Systems at Wharton. WHIVP harnesses the skills and creative energy of students to strengthen and improve healthcare systems in communities dealing with limited resources and severe health problems. Established in 2001, WHIVP’s projects are student-organized, student-run, and student-led, and seek to engage local communities in finding solutions that are both sustainable and specifically designed to address local needs. The students work in the field as well as back on campus over periods of months on projects, and many of the projects are handed off from one team to another as students graduate. Many stay involved as alumni and Wharton faculty often serve as advisors to the student teams. As evidence of the commitment on the part of the students their participation is largely funded personally with occasional support of sponsors.

Doctors of the World--USA, an affiliate of Medecins du Monde, mobilizes the health sector to promote and protect these and other basic human rights and civil liberties for all people, in the United States and in the developing world. In collaboration with a network of affiliates around the world and in partnership with local communities, DOW works where health is diminished or endangered by violations of human rights and civil liberties. DOW provides essential care and services while training community residents to carry on the mission of health at the conclusion of our efforts. DOW combines these services with appropriate advocacy to ensure maximum impact. To achieve its goals, we mobilize American health care professionals as volunteers, bringing their expertise and idealism to those who need it most.

One of the WHIVP-DOW projects is described at: http://www.dowusa.org/news/feature-stories/detail/fall07-wharton

22 May 2008 05:02 PM in School News | Permalink

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