What does Health Equity Corps (HEC) Ambassadorship Program aim ?

The Health Equity Corps (HEC) Ambassadorship Program aims to empower young health science students and professionals to become champions of Good Health and Well-Being (SDG3). By selecting one undergraduate student ambassador from each medical/health science college, the program fosters the development of social ventures within their respective colleges and communities.

What are the Objectives?

Empowerment

  • •Equip young changemakers with a platform, nurturing network, necessary tools, and a guiding framework for action.

Engagement

  • •Generate local engagement and peer-to-peer networking.

Connection

  • •Connect ambassadors with leading health development experts and practitioners.

Professional Development

  • •Develop a sense of professionalism and add value to their professional growth.

Social Accountability

  • •Build feelings of social accountability from early on.

Program Structure

Selection and Training

  • •One Health Equity Ambassador is selected from each medical/health science college for a one-year term.
  • •Ambassadors undergo incubation and training to enhance their leadership and global health knowledge.
  • •HEC provides virtual training support and accredits the ambassador positions.

Ambassadors’ Committee

  • •Each ambassador forms a committee and recruits volunteers from their school community.
  • •The committee supports the ambassador in organizing and implementing community health initiatives.

Solutions Fund

  • •Ambassadors are entitled to a "Seed Fund" of up to $1,000 to implement their solution ideas/projects in identified gap areas.
  • •Ambassadors submit a concept paper or proposal for their solutions.
  • •Selected proposals, reviewed by a panel of experts, are granted the seed fund.

Implementation

Resource Mobilization

Ambassadors initiate community health campaigns and social projects by mobilizing resources such as students, physicians, vehicles, medicines, and equipment from medical schools.

Local Engagement

Ambassadors engage regional stakeholders in dialogue around strategies needed for Good Health and Well-Being.

Knowledge Exchange

Ambassadors explore methods and solutions for localizing globally adopted goals and targets and exchanging knowledge and ideas.

Impact

Track Record

Health Equity Ambassadors have a proven track record of mobilizing other young medical leaders and youth through their activities.

Expansion

Since 2019, the program has been implemented in Nepal as Health Corps Ambassadors in 33 schools of medicine, nursing, public health, and paramedics. The program is now being extended to HEC partner institutions and country chapters.

The Health Equity Corps Ambassadors Program and Solutions Fund aims to bridge the gap between the resources available in medical schools and the needs of communities. By empowering students in healthcare education institutions to take an active role in community health initiatives, the program fosters a new generation of health professionals committed to achieving Good Health and Well-Being at the grassroots level.