Transcript Medical Info Session PPT - Honduras

MEDICAL
BRIGADES
INFORMATION
SESSION
MONTH DAY, YEAR
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - ABOUT GLOBAL BRIGADES
GLOBAL BRIGADES MISSION
To empower volunteers to facilitate sustainable solutions in under resourced communities
GLOBAL BRIGADES VISION
To improve equality of life, by igniting the largest student-led social responsibility movement on the planet.
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION - PROGRAMS
To empower volunteers,
Global Brigades offers
10 skill-based programs
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHERE WE WORK
Programs are offered in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and
Ghana
COUNTRIES SELECTED BASED
ON:
• Need in rural areas
• Viability of community
partnerships
• Logistical feasibility
• Volunteer safety
NEEDS THAT GLOBAL BRIGADES
ADDRESSES:
• Basic services
• Healthcare
• Economic
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Ghan
a
Honduras
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Architecture
Business
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Panama
Nicaragua
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Microfinance
Medical
Public Health
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROGRAMS AND
COUNTRIES
Programs offered in each country
Ghan
a
Honduras
Dental
Medical
Microfinance
Water
Architecture
Business
Dental
Engineering
Medical
Microfinance
Public Health
Water
Panama
Nicaragua
Business
Dental
Environmental
Human Rights
Medical
Medical
Public Health
WHY HONDURAS?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS
STATISTICS
• Average level of education is approximately 5th
grade
BELIZ
E
GUATEMA
LA
• Typically no doctors in a 20 mile radius
HONDURA
S
EL
SALVADOR
• 80% of the population has no access to a dentist
NICARAG
UA
• 70% have no access to public sanitary services
• Typical families have less than 3 gallons of water
per day to use
COSTA
RICA
PANAM
A
• Limited to no access to financial services
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RURAL HONDURAS STATISTICS
1 in 5 people in rural Honduras
do not have access to healthcare
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION LOCATION
Every 10,000 Hondurans only have access to
the following healthcare resources:
4 DOCTORS
1 DENTIST
10 NURSES
80% OF CHILDREN
ARE IN ONE OF
THREE STAGES
OF
MALNUTRUTION
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION LOCATION
24
FOR EVERY
ONE MEDICAL PEOPLERECEIVE
ACCESS TO
VOLUNTEER
MEDICAL CARE
=
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – IMPACT OF MEDICAL BRIGADES
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE
• Reduces need to walk hours or
sometimes days away for common
medical check-ups and emergency
procedures
• Allows for the practice of preventative
health care
• Creates healthier, more productive lives
ACCESS TO MEDICAL CARE AFFECTS
• Sanitation and hygiene
• Economic potential
• Future health outcomes
HOW DO
MEDICAL
BRIGADES HELP?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHAT IS MEDICAL BRIGADES?
MEDICAL BRIGADES
• Provides communities with access to doctors
and medicine at least twice a year
• Through 7 day brigades, community members
receive doctor consultations, gynecology
clinics, medicine, and health education
workshops
• Community Health Workers are trained in
selected communities to help provide followup care and refer medical emergencies
between brigades
• Patient referrals
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – PROJECT SUSTAINABILITY
COMMUNITY SELECTION
• Based on
- Need
- Access to medical care
- Community commitment
SUSTAINABILITY ASPECTS
• Establish Community Health Workers (CHWs)
- Local community members
• Patient Referral Program
- Donors fund medical care that falls outside
scope of brigades
• In country staff
- Lead your Brigade
- Train CHWs and follow up with communities
after brigades
- Select future communities to work with
- Plan and prepare in-country logistics before
arrival
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – MEDICAL TEAM
MEDICAL BRIGADES TEAM
• Leads your brigade
• Performs community follow-up
• Build community relations
- Works with community in preparation for
brigade arrival
• Helps chapters with brigade preparation
HOW CAN YOU
HELP?
DENTAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – WHY WE WANT YOU
YOUR BENEFITS
• Contribute to sustainable change
- Provide a community access to
healthcare
• Real-life experience
- Intake & triage of patients
- Shadow doctors
- Lead preventative healthcare
workshops
- Participate in clinic pharmacy
- Spanish language immersion
- International development experience
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
• Empowerment
- Students empower communities
- Reinforce communities’
commitments to their health
• Access to Healthcare
• Chronic Disease Care
• Women’s Health Services
• Health Education
WHAT DOES A
BRIGADE LOOK
LIKE?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – ITINERARY
ONE-WEEK MEDICAL BRIGADE
COMPONENTS
• Volunteers work with licensed health care
professionals
• Brigades visit communities over 3 consecutive
days
• Volunteers & health professionals use Open
MRS data software to track patient information
and care
• Volunteers help run each of the following
stations:
- Intake
- Triage
- Doctor consultation and gynecology station
- Dental consultation
- Prescription drop-off
- Healthcare education workshops
- Prescription pick-up and directions
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
IN-TAKE STATION
Volunteers record the following information
from each patient using the Open MRS
system:
•Name, Age, Gender
•Community Residence & Date of Visit
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
TRIAGE STATION
Below are some of the items volunteers
may record for each patient:
• Vitals & Chief complaints
• Blood pressure
• Allergies & Family History
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
CONSULTATION STATION
• Doctors diagnose & prescribe medication
to patients
• Students shadow and ask questions
throughout consultation
• Every Brigade now has a gynecology
station for pap smears (female students
may observe)
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
DENTAL STATION
• Dentists perform tooth extractions,
cleanings, and occasional cleanings
• Students shadow and ask questions and
help sterilize instruments
• Students lead children's dental hygiene
charla and provide fluoride treatments
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC STATIONS
EDUCATION STATION
• While Prescriptions are filled, patients
receive public health education
- Dental Care
- Understanding Personal Health
- Preventative Care
Student volunteers run children's charla,
community members run adult charla
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CLINIC
STATIONS
PRESCRIPTION PICK-UP STATION
• Patients pick up prescriptions,
volunteers provide the following
instructions
- Types of Medications
- Dosage Amounts
- Directions for Medication Usage
HOW DO I SIGN
UP?
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – TOTAL
CONTRIBUTION
HOW IS YOUR MEDICAL BRIGADE FUNDED?
• Volunteers’ Program Contribution:
- $780 (Honduras)
- Brigade expenses
- Program sustainability
- Airfare: Variable
PROGRAM CONTRIBUTION DETAILS
• 7 day program
• Accommodations & meals (vegetarian options
available)
• Clean drinking water
• Airport pick-up and drop-off
• In-country transportation
• Spanish translators and coordinators, and security
• Program sustainability and follow-up between
brigades
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – RESOURCES FOR YOU
FUNDRAISING TOOL www.empowered.org
• Send links of brigade project information to donors
• Create personalized profile to share with your donors
• Track donation progress on individual and group level
STUDENT RESOURCE SITE
https://www.globalbrigades.org/volunteer-tools-home
• Brigade planning materials
• Frequently asked questions
IN-COUNTRY ADVISING TEAM
• Team of trained staff in Nicaragua
• Share best practices for brigade preparation
• Provide information about brigade and community
MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact your advisor for
information about
Medical Brigades in
Honduras!
Don’t know who your
advisor is?
[email protected]
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MEDICAL BRIGADES INFO SESSION – JOIN THE NEXT BRIGADE
NAME LAST NAME
President
Email
Phone Number
NAME LAST NAME
President
Email
Phone Number
QUESTIONS?
QUESTION
S?
Don’t Hesitate to Ask