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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFORMATION SESSION MONTH DAY, YEAR. MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES. GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSION To empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities. GLOBAL BRIGADES VISION
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MEDICALBRIGADES INFORMATION SESSION MONTH DAY, YEAR
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 Honduras Programs offered in each country • Architecture Business Dental Engineering Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Nicaragua Panama Ghana Dental Medical Microfinance Water Business Dental Environmental Human Rights Medical • Microfinance Medical Public Health
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND COUNTRIES Honduras Programs offered in each country • Architecture Business Dental Engineering Medical Microfinance Public Health Water Nicaragua Panama Ghana Dental Medical Microfinance Water Business Dental Environmental Human Rights Medical Medical Public Health
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 than3 gallons of water per day to use • Limited to no access to financial services BELIZE GUATEMALA HONDURAS EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA COSTA RICA PANAMA
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 CHILDREN ARE IN ONE OF THREE STAGES OF MALNUTRUTION
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - LOCATION 24 PEOPLERECEIVE ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE FOR EVERY ONE MEDICAL VOLUNTEER =
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 selectedcommunities 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 YOU HELP?
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 A BRIGADE 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 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 questionsthroughout 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 SIGN UP?
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
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – JOIN THE NEXT BRIGADE NAME LAST NAME President Email Phone Number NAME LAST NAME President Email Phone Number
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