Aakash Keswani

Houston, Texas

Passionate About:

Third world access to health care, understanding how cultural and socioeconomic factors play into health literacy, how population-based health strategies can be implemented to maximize outcomes improvements with limited resources, how to improve medication adherence and preventative health measures in populations

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Volunteer Activity Message

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide health care where access is limited. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months. Students on the brigade are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about local Panamanian culture. A typical Medical/Dental Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. Electronic patient records are collected during the brigade to ensure patient follow-up as well as to monitor overall community health trends. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conduct community health worker training aimed at empowering local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of health care. For every student who volunteers on a Global Medical Brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to.

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Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $-12

Saying "transfer to mf"

Jun 14, 2013 07:08 AM

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $-28

Saying "to mf"

Jun 03, 2013 09:16 PM

Anita Keswani donated $597

May 23, 2013 11:35 AM

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $-97

Saying "to meds fund"

Apr 25, 2013 02:29 PM

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $1,000

Saying "transfer from gf"

Apr 20, 2013 11:09 AM

[Org. Admin] Judith Fell donated $250

Saying "transfer from gf"

Mar 10, 2013 09:48 AM

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