MEDICALBRIGADESINFORMATION SESSION

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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES

GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSIONTo empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities

GLOBAL BRIGADES VISIONTo 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

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

Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ghana

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND COUNTRIES

Ghana Panama

DentalMedical

MicrofinanceWater

BusinessDental

EnvironmentalHuman Rights

MedicalMicrofinance

MedicalPublic Health

NicaraguaHonduras

ArchitectureBusinessDental

EngineeringMedical

MicrofinancePublic Health

Water

Programs offered in each country

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND COUNTRIES

Ghana Panama

DentalMedical

MicrofinanceWater

BusinessDental

EnvironmentalHuman Rights

Medical

MedicalPublic Health

NicaraguaHonduras

ArchitectureBusinessDental

EngineeringMedical

MicrofinancePublic Health

Water

Programs offered in each country

WHY HONDURAS?

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS STATISTICS

• Average level of education is approximately 5th 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

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

GUATEMALA

BELIZE

EL SALVADOR

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS STATISTICS

1 in 5 people in rural Honduras do not have access to healthcare

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - LOCATION

Every 10,000 Hondurans only have access to the following healthcare resources:

4 DOCTORS 1 DENTIST 10 NURSES

80% OF CHILDRENARE IN ONE OF THREE STAGES OF MALNUTRUTION

MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - LOCATION

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FOR EVERY ONE MEDICALVOLUNTEER

24 PEOPLERECEIVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE

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

HOW DOMEDICALBRIGADES HELP?

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 follow-up 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

HOW CAN YOUHELP?

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

WHAT DOES ABRIGADE LOOK LIKE?

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 STATIONVolunteers 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 STATIONBelow 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

HOW DO I SIGNUP?

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

Contact your advisor for information about Medical

Brigades in Honduras!

Don’t know who your advisor is?

admin@globalbrigades.org

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