Katie Marsh

USC Ostrow School of Dentistry

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I want to promote proper health standards globally and encourage others to do the same. I am very interested in working hands-on in communities to actually watch the improvements as they develop. I am a current USC dental student working with the Dental Humanitarian Outreach Program (DHOP). Every year we take a group of about 50 dental students and dentists to a different country to provide free dental care to a community in need.

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Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Public Health Brigades

About Us

University of Southern California is a chapter of Global Public Health Brigades, an international movement of university students working to improve health conditions in the developing world. Through an evidence-based model, we work alongside local community members to build projects that tangibly improve lives in Honduras, Nicaragua and Ghana. Volunteers work with local masons and families to build eco-stoves, latrines, concrete floors, showers, and/or water storage units. To ensure long-term sustainability and maintenance, the Public Health program team trains and empowers local community leaders in the formation of a Basic Sanitation Committee. The Basic Sanitation Committee is responsible for carrying out in-home assessments and monitoring the status of the projects. nnIn conjunction with our Public Health Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with healthcare, economic development and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.