June 2011 CSULB Medical Brigades

Start Date: Jun 26, 2011 11:00 PM
End Date: Jul 2, 2011 11:00 PM

Medical Brigade volunteers set up medical clinics in pre-identified communities in Panama to provide healthcare where access is very limited. Each brigade brings the medicine, supplies, and medical professionals needed to sustain their own clinics where local communities can come for treatment, prescriptions, and health education. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months and between brigades the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conducts community health worker trainings to empower local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of healthcare.