Magee Womancare International (MWI), the international outreach arm of Magee Womens Hospital and Magee-Womens Research Institute and Foundation, was established in March of 1992 by the Board of Directors of Magee-Womens Hospital to improve health care conditions for women and infants in the former Soviet Union. The mission of MWI is to globalize programs that advocate dignity, access, education, leadership and quality of service based on the Womancare Model developed by Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC. (Pittsburgh, PA)