Vicky Avanzato

Penn State Main Campus

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End Date: Mar 16, 2014 12:00 AM
Volunteer Activity Message

Medical Brigade volunteers will set up temporary clinics in pre-identified communities in Northern Nicaragua to provide healthcare where access is limited. Each community receives a brigade every 3-4 months. Students on the brigade are given the opportunity to shadow licensed health care professionals while learning about local Nicaraguan culture. A typical Medical/Dental Brigade clinic consists of six stations: Intake, Triage, Consultation, Dental, Charla (health education), and Pharmacy. Electronic patient records are collected during the brigade to ensure patient follow-up as well as to monitor overall community health trends. Between brigades, the in-country team maintains relationships with the communities to provide follow-up and conduct community health worker training aimed at empowering local leaders to perpetuate a consistent level of health care. For every student who volunteers on a Global Medical Brigade, sixty patients can see a doctor who otherwise would not be able to.

Volunteer Goals

Program Goal: $0.00 / Airfare Goal: $0.00

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $150

Saying "Ch 141975 Associated Students Activities
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Mar 03, 2014 03:52 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $-45

Saying "Transfer to club account"

Mar 03, 2014 12:17 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $150

Saying "Ch 141783 Associated Students Activities"

Feb 25, 2014 02:38 PM

[Org. Admin] Nancy Amador donated $1,556

Saying "Transfer from May 2014 brigade"

Nov 21, 2013 08:47 AM

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of $1,750.00

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volunteers needed to reach the Initiative Goal