May 2012 Stony Brook Medical Brigade Ghana

Start Date: May 19, 2012 12:00 AM
End Date: May 28, 2012 12:00 AM

Medical Brigades at Stony Brook University is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world\'s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The SBU chapter systematically works with more than 300 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.

Global Medical Brigades develops sustainable health initiatives and provides relief where there is limited access to healthcare. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.