Brittany Chambers

Durham, NH

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As a Biomedical Science major, science and medicine have always been an interest to me. It wasn't until this year in my global health class that I truly became interested in public health. After realizing the hard truth that many countries do not get the luxury of easy access health care (that the US has become so accustomed to), I set out to make any difference I could. It is with the Global Brigades that I plan to travel to Panama in January. The goal of this trip is to make as big of an impact as possible and to attempt to give the citizens of the country even a sliver of the health care they deserve.

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UNH Medical Brigade Panama JAN 2015



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Medical Brigades of New Hampshire is a discipline of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The Medical Brigades of New Hampshire 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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