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Volunteer Activity Message

Medical/Dental/Public Health Brigades at Birmingham is a discipline of Global Brigades, the world\\\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Birmingham chapter systematically works with more than 350 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran, Panamanian, and Ghanaian community members annually.

Volunteers on the Medical and Dental Brigades will be working closely together to provide quality health initiatives to a community that otherwise has limited access to health care. Volunteers will spend three days in a community in order to optimize the amount of time patients are able to spend with the physicians and dentists. Each patient will receive a physician consultation, teeth cleaning and a fluoride treatment as well as have access to pap smears, prostate exams and restorative dental care as necessary. Volunteers will have the opportunity to take patient vitals, obtain patient history and current symptoms, shadow and assist licensed physicians and dentists, participate in preventative education, and fill prescriptions under a licensed pharmacist. Volunteers will become familiar with the prevalent health issues in their community and learn about how to prevent and treat those illnesses. These brigades provide each volunteer with the opportunity to make a tangible impact on a specific community while gaining real life experience in the field of international medicine and dentistry.

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Program Goal: £0.00 / Airfare Goal: £0.00

Nikhil Mirajkar donated £1,612

Jun 19, 2014 04:24 AM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £100

Saying "Transfer from Hannah Cooke"

Jun 16, 2014 06:07 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £300

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Jun 13, 2014 04:51 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £50

Saying "Transfer from Liam Barrett"

Jun 12, 2014 06:57 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £150

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Jun 10, 2014 09:03 AM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £150

Saying "Transfer from Sita Techaboonanake"

Jun 06, 2014 04:33 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated £150

Saying "Transfer from Kate Preston"

Jun 06, 2014 03:57 PM

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