Month: May 2013

Operation Walk Boston began in 2007 with a simple goal: to help patients with arthritis and joint disease in the Dominican Republic get back on their feet through knee and hip replacement surgeries.

Six years later, Operation Walk has performed surgeries on more than 200 patients—enabling them to walk, run and even dance in this island nation—thanks to the team of BWHers who volunteer to travel there each year to perform joint replacement surgeries.

Continue reading “Following the Footsteps of Operation Walk” →

“If delivery systems can be transformed around the principle of value, the promise of health and productivity for those now facing both poverty and disease will not be squandered.” This is the core take-away message of a new paper out  in the Lancet by Global Health Delivery Project advisors Drs. Paul Farmer and Jim Kim, and Prof. Michael Porter at the Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard.

The paper represents six years of teamwork across institutions and geographies with the generosity of investors and implementers. Read more on the Global Health Delivery Project blog.