Dublin City Medical/Public Health June 2012

Start Date: Jun 25, 2012 9:59 PM
End Date: Jul 4, 2012 9:59 PM

Public Health Brigade volunteers empower under resourced communities in the developing world to decrease life threatening diseases by improving home infrastructure and providing public health education through a 10 day Public Health Brigade in Honduras.

Working side-by-side with community members, volunteers improve the overall infrastructure within the home through the construction of four projects: eco-stoves, latrines, water storage units and concrete floors.The four projects were chosen based on observations of medical brigade patient records, which illustrated high levels of respiratory, chagas and other preventable diseases caused by poor in-home health infrastructure. Between brigades our in-country team provides follow-up to ensure the maintenance of the structures.