Maureen Hickey

Toledo, OH

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I am a senior in the pharmacy program at The University of Toledo! I have known since I decided on going into pharmacy that I wanted to use my knowledge with the field to help others . I am passionate about serving others especially through opportunities for service trips like this medical mission trip. Opportunities like this medical mission trip are absolutely incredible and I cannot wait to venture to Nicaragua this January to serve others on my third medical brigade with GMB!

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Website: https://www.globalbrigades.org/empowered/chapter/university-of-toledo-medical-brigades-chapter

Phone: +1.206.489.4798


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

University of Toledo is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.



Upcoming Initiatives

University of Toledo Medical Brigade January 2025 Panama

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Medical Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, Guatemala, Greece and Belize. During a Medical Brigade, volunteers have the opportunity to take vitals and patient history in triage, shadow licensed doctors in medical consultations, and assist in a pharmacy under the direction of licensed pharmacists. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Between brigades, our in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and to conduct Community Health Worker (CHW) trainings to empower local leaders to sustain a consistent level of healthcare. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.