Kyle DePalma

Phoenix, Arizona

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I am currently a sophomore undergraduate student at ASU majoring in Medical Studies. My ambition is to one day become a dentist specializing in orthodontics. I joined the GMB team to be part of something bigger than myself and to make an impact in other people's lives. Through GMB, we can reduce health disparity in each community that we touch while making new connections on the way!

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Website: arizona-state-university-medical-brigades-chapter


Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Medical Brigades

About Us

Arizona State University is a chapter of Global Medical Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to healthcare and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical Program, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation 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.