AWB aims to contribute to the development of greater self-reliance in the field of healthcare for disadvantaged peoples, by offering healthcare practitioners training and therapeutic practice in acupuncture. AWB acts in a spirit of solidarity, respecting the culture and the dignity of the populations concerned, and is committed to a policy of non-interference.

  To this end, AWB sponsors missions in developing countries by volunteer acupuncture practitioners, with the aims of:

• sharing their knowledge with local medical practitioners (doctors, nurses, midwives, medical assistants, and so on), by imparting a theoretical and practical grounding in acupuncture.
  
• providing teaching media: books, manuals, acupuncture charts, etc.
  
• providing essential acupuncture equipment: needles, moxas, sterilizers, etc.
  
• ensuring delivery and correct use of the equipment.
  
• maintaining a long-term follow-up and evaluation of the training as part of a primary healthcare program.