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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES
GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSION
To empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities
GLOBAL BRIGADES VISION
To improve equality of life, by igniting the largest student-led social responsibility movement on the planet.

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - PROGRAMS
To empower volunteers,
Global Brigades offers
10 skill-based programs

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHERE WE WORK
Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and
Ghana
COUNTRIES SELECTED BASED
ON:
• Need in rural areas
• Viability of community partnerships
• Logistical feasibility
• Volunteer safety
NEEDS THAT GLOBAL BRIGADES
ADDRESSES:
• Basic services
• Healthcare
• Economic

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Architecture
Business
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Microfinance
Medical
Public Health

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Architecture
Business
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Medical
Public Health

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS
STATISTICS
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• Average level of education is approximately 5 th grade
• Typically no doctors in a 20 mile radius
• 80% of the population has no access to a dentist
• 70% have no access to public sanitary services
• Typical families have less than 3 gallons of water per day to use
• Limited to no access to financial services

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS STATISTICS

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION -
LOCATION
Every 10,000 Hondurans only have access to the following healthcare resources:
4 DOCTORS 1 DENTIST 10 NURSES

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION -
LOCATION
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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – IMPACT OF MEDICAL BRIGADES
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
• Reduces need to walk hours or sometimes days away for common medical check-ups and emergency procedures
• Allows for the practice of preventative health care
• Creates healthier, more productive lives
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AFFECTS
• Sanitation and hygiene
• Economic potential
• Future health outcomes

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHAT IS MEDICAL BRIGADES?
MEDICAL BRIGADES
• Provides communities with access to doctors and medicine at least twice a year
• Through 7 day brigades, community members receive doctor consultations, gynecology clinics, medicine, and health education workshops
• Community Health Workers are trained in selected communities to help provide followup care and refer medical emergencies between brigades
• Patient referrals

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMUNITY SELECTION
• Based on
- Need
- Access to medical care
- Community commitment
SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS
• Establish Community Health Workers (CHWs)
- Local community members
• Patient Referral Program
- Donors fund medical care that falls outside scope of brigades
• In country staff
- Lead your Brigade
- Train CHWs and follow up with communities after brigades
- Select future communities to work with
- Plan and prepare in-country logistics before arrival

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – MEDICAL TEAM
MEDICAL BRIGADES TEAM
• Leads your brigade
• Performs community follow-up
• Build community relations
- Works with community in preparation for brigade arrival
• Helps chapters with brigade preparation

DENTAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHY WE WANT YOU
YOUR BENEFITS
• Contribute to sustainable change
- Provide a community access to healthcare
• Real-life experience
- Intake & triage of patients
- Shadow doctors
- Lead preventative healthcare workshops
- Participate in clinic pharmacy
- Spanish language immersion
- International development experience
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
• Empowerment
- Students empower communities
Reinforce communities’ commitments to their health
• Access to Healthcare
• Chronic Disease Care
• Women’s Health Services
• Health Education

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
ONE-WEEK MEDICAL BRIGADE
COMPONENTS
• Volunteers work with licensed health care professionals
• Brigades visit communities over 3 consecutive days
• Volunteers & health professionals use Open
MRS data software to track patient information and care
• Volunteers help run each of the following stations: - Intake
- Triage
- Doctor consultation and gynecology station
- Dental consultation
- Prescription drop-off
- Healthcare education workshops
- Prescription pick-up and directions

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
IN-TAKE STATION
Volunteers record the following information from each patient using the Open MRS system:
•Name, Age, Gender
•Community Residence & Date of Visit

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
TRIAGE STATION
Below are some of the items volunteers may record for each patient:
• Vitals & Chief complaints
• Blood pressure
• Allergies & Family History

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
CONSULTATION STATION
• Doctors diagnose & prescribe medication to patients
• Students shadow and ask questions throughout consultation
• Every Brigade now has a gynecology station for pap smears (female students may observe)

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
DENTAL STATION
• Dentists perform tooth extractions, cleanings, and occasional cleanings
• Students shadow and ask questions and help sterilize instruments
• Students lead children's dental hygiene charla and provide fluoride treatments

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
EDUCATION STATION
• While Prescriptions are filled, patients receive public health education
- Dental Care
- Understanding Personal Health
- Preventative Care
Student volunteers run children's charla, community members run adult charla

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
PRESCRIPTION PICK-UP STATION
• Patients pick up prescriptions, volunteers provide the following instructions
- Types of Medications
- Dosage Amounts
- Directions for Medication Usage

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION
HOW IS YOUR MEDICAL BRIGADE FUNDED?
• Volunteers’ Program Contribution:
- $780 (Honduras)
- Brigade expenses
- Program sustainability
- Airfare: Variable
PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION DETAILS
• 7 day program
• Accommodations & meals (vegetarian options available)
• Clean drinking water
• Airport pick-up and drop-off
• In-country transportation
• Spanish translators and coordinators, and security
• Program sustainability and follow-up between brigades

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RESOURCES FOR YOU
FUNDRAISING TOOL www.empowered.org
• Send links of brigade project information to donors
• Create personalized profile to share with your donors
• Track donation progress on individual and group level
STUDENT RESOURCE SITE https://www.globalbrigades.org/volunteer-tools-home
• Brigade planning materials
• Frequently asked questions
IN-COUNTRY ADVISING TEAM
• Team of trained staff in Nicaragua
• Share best practices for brigade preparation
• Provide information about brigade and community

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CONTACT INFORMATION

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – JOIN THE NEXT BRIGADE
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President
Email
Phone Number
NAME LAST NAME
President
Email
Phone Number

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