Annie Brotherton

San Francisco

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the great outdoors, traveling the world, and of course--health equity.

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April 2012 Samuel Merritt Medical Brigade Ghana



Annie's Message

In my continuous efforts to become a nurse practitioner and work for global health equity (and overall attempt to save the world), I'm volunteering my time in Ghana! 10 days of working in a medical clinic and public health projects.

This trip is funded completely by donors like you, so all contributions are sincerely appreciated and necessary to make this project possible. Thanks again for your support. And feel free to forward my email (anniebro@gmail.com) to anyone you know who might be interesting in donating medications and/or supplies.

Thank you to all that have generously donated to my trip!

Volunteer Activity Description

Global Medical and Dental Brigades in Ghana work alongside each other on a 10-day long brigade in under-resourced communities around the central region of Ghana. Each medical and dental brigade incorporates a public health portion at the end of the 4 clinical days. The 10-day medical and public health brigade provides volunteers with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on communities while gaining hands-on experience in the field of international medicine. Prior to travel, volunteers collect medicines, recruit health professionals and fundraise. Once in Ghana, the team will visit one partner community to administer a 3-4 day-long clinic and conduct health workshops. During clinical days, community members are able to consult doctors and dentists, fill any necessary prescriptions, receive necessary dental care, and sit-in on health education lectures. At the end of the medical portion, volunteers then have a chance to build public health projects to address some of the environmental health issues. Public Health construction includes latrines, eco-stoves, and water filtration devices.

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