TABLE 2.

Health Volunteers Overseas' Clinical Training Areas and Current Project Sites (2018)

Clinical AreaCurrent Project Sites
Anesthesia (MD and nurse anesthesia)Bhutan, Cambodia (Kampot, Siem Reap), Ghana (Kumasi, Tamale), Laos, Malawi, Rwanda, Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh City, Hue)
DermatologyCambodia, Costa Rica, Nepal, Uganda, Vietnam
Hand surgeryGhana, Honduras, Nicaraguaa
Hand therapyGhana, Nicaraguaa
HematologyCambodia, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda
Internal medicineBhutan, Cambodia (Kampot, Phnom Penh), Costa Rica, Guyana, India, Nepal, Uganda (Kabale, Kampala, Mbarara)
Nursing educationCambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap), Laos, Tanzania, Uganda, Vietnam (Hai Duong, Hue)
Obstetrics and gynecologyCambodia, Haiti, Uganda, Vietnam
OncologyBhutan, Honduras, Nepal (Bhaktapur, Kathmandu), Uganda, Vietnam
Oral healthHaiti, Laos, Nepal, Peru, Tanzania
OrthopedicsBhutan (Mongar, Thimphu), China, Costa Rica, Ghana, Myanmar, Nicaragua,a Philippines, St. Lucia, Tanzania, Uganda
PediatricsBhutan, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Nicaraguaa, St. Lucia, Uganda (Kampala, Kabale)
Physical therapyBhutan, India, Malawi, Rwanda, St. Lucia, Vietnam (Da Nang University of Medical Technology and Pharmacy, Da Nang Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Hospital)
Wound and lymphedemaCambodia (Phnom Penh, Siem Reap), Haiti, India
Other project areasEmergency medicine: Bhutan, Cambodia
Mental health: Bhutan
Residency training: Bhutan
Pharmacy: Uganda
  • a Nicaragua activities suspended due to political unrest.