operating table

BMET Library

Engineering World Health and the DHT Lab have created a library of resources for hospital technicians in low-resource settings. Subjects include: Health Technology Management, Equipment Repair, Physiology, and Mathematics. Visit the library

Caption: This equipment in an operating theater in Tanzania can't be repaired because they do not have access to the repair manual

About the Lab

The Developing World Healthcare Technologies Lab (DHT Lab) is dedicated to; understanding, creating and disseminating healthcare technology to the world's neediest. We do this by developing new technologies to address unmet needs, supporting and assessing programs to train hospital technicians in the developing world, conducting research that informs practice and policy, and mentoring the next generation of innovators and designers.