UNH Medical/Dental Brigade Nicaragua Jan 2015


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Volunteer Activity Description

Start Date: Jan 9, 2015 12:00 AM
End Date: Jan 17, 2015 12:00 AM

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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Jannelliz Barragan

Passionate about: Making a change for the better

Kelsie McDonough

Passionate about: I am extremely passionate about my incredible journey to Nicaragua to work with medical professionals and help make changes in people\'s daily lives with clean water and facilities. This is our world ... [Read More]

Vivien Burnell

Passionate about: Hi everyone! I am currently a sophomore at the University of New Hampshire studying Biomedical Science with a focus in Pre-med and Pre-vet. I am very excited to be a part of the Global Brigades progra... [Read More]
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