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Medical Brigades Information Session August 26 th , 2013

Medical Brigades Information Session August 26 th , 2013. GLOBAL BRIGADES. GLOBAL BRIGADES. Global Brigades’ Mission: To empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities.

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Medical Brigades Information Session August 26 th , 2013

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  1. Medical Brigades Information Session August 26th, 2013

  2. GLOBAL BRIGADES 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. ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  3. PROGRAMS To empower volunteers, Global Brigades offers 10 skill-based programs DENTAL MEDICAL PUBLIC HEALTH WATER ARCHITECTURE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW MICROFINANCE ENGINEERING ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  4. WHERE WE WORK Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, and Nicaragua • Countries selected based on: • Large need in rural areas • Strong community partnerships • Logistically feasible • Safe for volunteers • Needs that Global Brigades addresses: • Basic services • Healthcare • Economic ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  5. PROGRAMS & COUNTRIES Nicaragua Honduras Ghana Panama Dental Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Architecture Dental Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Business Dental Environmental Law Medical Public Health Medical Public Health ABOUT LOCATION WATER BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  6. PROGRAMS & COUNTRIES Nicaragua Honduras Ghana Panama Dental Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Architecture Dental Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Business Dental Environmental Law Medical Public Health Medical Public Health ABOUT LOCATION WATER BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  7. Why Nicaragua? Why Nicaragua?

  8. RURAL NICARAGUAN STATISTICS • Average level of education is approximately 5th grade • Typically no doctors within a 20 mile radius • 70% of the population haveno access to a dentist • 65% have no access to public sanitary services • Typical familieswalk 6 hours a day to get access to water • Limited to no access to microfinance ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  9. Every20,000 Nicaraguan People typically has access to only the following healthcare resources: 7 doctors 1 dentist 20 nurses

  10. For every 1 Medical Volunteer 24 people receive access to medical care =

  11. For every 1 Public Health Volunteer 1 water storage pila can be built =

  12. IMPACT OF MEDICAL CARE • Access to Medical Care • Reduces need to walk hours or sometimes days away for common medical check-ups and emergency visits • Allows the practice of preventative health care • Allows healthier, more productive lives • Access to Medical Care Affects • Sanitation and hygiene • Economic potential • Future health ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  13. How does • Medical • Brigades • help?

  14. What IS medical BRIGADES? • Medical Brigades • Provides communities with access to doctors and medicine every 3-4 months • Through multiple 9 day brigades, community members receive doctor care, medicine, and health education workshops • Brigadistas are trained in communities to help provide follow-up to care and refer medical emergencies between brigades ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  15. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY • Community Selection • Based on • Need • Access to medical care • Community commitment • Sustainable Practices • Work with local Brigadistas • Individuals trained by the Ministry of Health • Global Brigades will incorporate own training as well • Patient Referral Program • Global Brigades works with the Ministry of Health to refer patients whose needs exceed what we can provide on a brigade • In-country staff • Lead your brigade • TrainBrigadistasand follow-up with communities after brigades • Select future communities to work with ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  16. MEDICAL TEAMS • Medical Brigades Team • Leads your brigade • Performs community follow-up • Build community relations • Works with community in preparation for brigade arrival • Advises chapters with brigade preparation ¡Bienvenidos a Nicaragua! ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  17. How does Public Health • Brigades help?

  18. IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH • Health Infrastructure Affects • Health • Sanitation and hygiene • Time and ease • In-home Health Infrastructure • Reduces time spent walking to water sources • Reduces skin diseases • Reduces respiratory illnesses • Increases sanitation ABOUT LOCATION PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  19. What is public HEALTH brigades? • Public Health Brigades • Improves health through the construction of eco-stoves, latrines, water storage units, and concrete floors • The four projects were chosen based on observations of medical brigade patient records, which illustrated high levels of respiratory illness, chagas disease and other preventable ailments caused by poor in-home health infrastructure • Brigadistas are trained in communities to ensure project sustainability and maximum health impact ABOUT LOCATION PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  20. PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY • Community Selection • Based on • Need • Health infrastructure • Community commitment • Sustainable Practices • Establish Basic Sanitation Committee • Community led • Lead building of further projects • In-country staff • Lead your brigade • Train community councils and committees • Perform continuous community follow-up and monitoring ABOUT LOCATION PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  21. What does a brigade look like?

  22. BRIGADE STRUCTURE • 9 Day Brigade Components • Volunteers work with licensed medical professionals • Groups visit communities for 3 consecutive days for medical brigades and 3 consecutive days for PH brigades • Each daily medical clinic consists of the following stations: • In-take • Triage • Doctor Consultation • Gynecology station • Dental Initiative • Prescription drop-off • Healthcare education workshop • Prescription pick-up and directions ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  23. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • In-take Station • Volunteers record the following information from each patient using forms created by Global Brigades: • Name, age, gender • Community Residence & date of Visit ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  24. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Triage Station • Below are some of the items volunteers may record for each patient: • Vitals & Chief complaints • Blood pressure &temperature • Allergies, etc. ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  25. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Consultation Station • Doctors diagnose & prescribe medication to patients • Students shadow and ask questionsthroughout consultation ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  26. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Gynecology Station • All women 16 years and older are strongly suggested to go to the gynecology station. • One-two female students can shadow the physician and assist in taking pap smears. ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  27. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Dental Station • Dental Initiative will include teeth cleaning, fluoride treatments, and educational charlas. ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  28. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Education Station • While prescriptions are filled, patients receive public health education • Dental care • Understanding personal health • Preventative care • Public Health topics, maintenance of projects ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  29. MEDICAL CLINIC STATIONS • Pharmacy Station • Patients pick-up prescriptions, volunteers provide the following information: • Types of medication • Dosage amounts • Directions for medication usage ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION in-take triage consultation dental education prescription pick-up

  30. PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS • Basic Hygiene Station • Consists of one structure with a pila, latrine, and shower. • Build latrines for sanitary and proper waste disposal. • Water “pilas” allow for convenient storage, saving families hundreds of hours per year walking to water sources • Showers provide a safe, clean, and private space to bathe oneself ABOUT LOCATION PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  31. ONE WEEK BRIGADE • Concrete Floors • Chagas is a potentially fatal disease spread through insects that burrow the ground and in adobe bricks • Children learn to crawl and walk in homes with bare feet, increasing parasitic infection • Concrete floors are a simple solution to this health challenge • Eco-Stoves • Build eco-stoves with chimneys for proper release of carbon elements from homes • Harmful pollutants that cause many respiratory illnesses are diverted • Eco-stoves burn more efficiently, limiting deforestation ABOUT LOCATION PUBLIC HEALTH BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  32. How can you help?

  33. WHY WE WANT YOU • Your Benefits • Contribute to sustainable change • Provide a community with access to healthcare • Education application • Intake & triage of patients • Shadow doctors • Lead preventative health workshops • Participate in clinic pharmacy • Spanish language immersion • International development experience • Community Benefits • Empowerment • Students empower communities • Reinforces communities commitment to their health • Access to healthcare ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  34. TOTAL CONTRIBUTION • How is your Brigade Funded? • Volunteers’ Program Contribution: • $930 (Nicaragua) • Brigade expenses • Program sustainability • Airfare: Variable • Program Contribution Details • 9day program (Nicaragua) • Accommodations and 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 ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  35. 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 brigaders.wikidot.com • Brigade planning materials • Collection of reports from past brigades • Community profiles • Frequently asked questions • In-Country Advising Team • Team of trained staff in Nicaragua • Share best practices for all aspects of brigade preparation • Answer questions about brigade and community ABOUT LOCATION MEDICAL BRIGADE CONTRIBUTION TAKE ACTION

  36. Expectations • Weekly Planning Meetings • Fundraising • Promoting/Advertising Organization • Medical/Dental Supply Donations • Passport (Valid for 6 months after arrival) • Spanish Language Skills

  37. Timeline • Medical/Public Health Brigade January 4-12, 2014 • Applications due by August 30 • $250 deposit due with application • Acceptances Announced by September 2nd • First Meeting: Week of September 2nd

  38. Leadership Team • President – John Porter • Secretary – Alex Amend • Fundraising Chair – Nick Borkey • Supplies Chair – Kelly Schlarman

  39. Questions?

  40. porterw1@udayton.edu Contact me:

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