Anila Sharma

Morton Grove, IL

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I am passionate about wanting to do good for communities and giving back. Moreover, by wanting to pursue a career as a healthcare professional, I hope to work in order to improve the lives and well-being of others. In addition to this, I not only aspire to discover what matters most to individuals, but I also hope to provide care, and educate those with limited healthcare access.

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UIC Med/Dent/Environmental December 2014 Panama
  1. Affiliated Organization: Global Brigades USA
  2. Program: Medical Brigades
  3. Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of Illinois - Chicago
End Date: Dec 22, 2014 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Eastern Panama to provide healthcare 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.

In addition, volunteers on this brigade will be participating in the construction of in-home public health infrastructures projects to help combat some of the health issues that are seen in our Medical Brigade clinics. Currently, the Public Health program in Panama builds latrines for families that have expressed interest. However, our Public Health team is always looking to improve and expand on our Public Health projects and are collaborating with communities after each brigade to collect information on the projects and how we can improve for future initiatives.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Erika Amador donated $-11

Saying "Transfer to general donation"

Dec 12, 2014 02:04 PM

[Org. Admin] Erika Amador donated $-152

Saying "Transfer to general donation"

Dec 12, 2014 07:08 AM

Anonymous donated $350

Dec 11, 2014 07:20 PM

helen Talya donated $10

Dec 09, 2014 06:42 PM

Biolet talya donated $10

Saying "sorry , typo previously. "

Dec 09, 2014 06:32 PM

Anonymous donated $10

Saying "i dont have much to donate but dont want you to think i forgot u :) "

Dec 09, 2014 06:27 PM

Global Brigades at UIC donated $58

Saying "Aramark Money!"

Dec 09, 2014 03:12 PM

Anonymous donated $20

Dec 07, 2014 10:51 AM

Anonymous donated $250

Dec 02, 2014 01:47 PM

JON DRUMMOND donated $100

Dec 02, 2014 01:45 PM

Ashley Stephen donated $20

Dec 01, 2014 03:31 PM

[Org. Admin] Erika Amador donated $44

Saying "Transfer from UIC medical Dental PH Nicaragua March 2015"

Dec 01, 2014 02:26 PM

Anonymous donated $20

Nov 30, 2014 08:13 AM

Fariyal Hayat donated $20

Nov 05, 2014 09:13 AM

Akhil Sharma donated $175

Nov 04, 2014 08:21 AM

Anila Sharma donated $500

Oct 08, 2014 06:28 PM

Anila Sharma donated $300

Jul 03, 2014 10:30 PM
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