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Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: CUNY Baruch Medical Brigades
Chapter: Dental Brigades at California State University San Marcos
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Clemson University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at McMaster University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Northern Arizona University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Oklahoma State University
Chapter: Dental Brigades at the University of Miami
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of British Columbia
Chapter: Global Brigades Dental Brigades Canada Chapter
Chapter: Medical Brigades @ AdventHealth University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at California State University Dominguez Hills
Chapter: Medical Brigades at California State University Stanislaus
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Edmonton Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Malibu Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Northern Michigan University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Oregon Health and Science University School of Medicine
Chapter: Medical Brigades at South Carolina State University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Southern California University of Health Sciences
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Washington and Lee University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Waterloo Area
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Wilfrid Laurier University
Chapter: Medical Chapter at University of Saskatchewan
Chapter: Missouri Southern State University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Ottawa
Chapter: Public Health Chapter at University of Saskatchewan
Chapter: Seattle Pacific Area Medical Brigade March 2025 Greece
Chapter: University of Colorado Denver Medical Brigades Chapter
Chapter: University of Windsor Medical Brigades
Chapter: Water Brigades at McGill University

Organization: Global Brigades USA
Program: Dental Brigades

About Us

University of Miami is a chapter of Global Dental 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 Greece, Honduras, Panama, Guatemala, Belize, 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 dental & medical care and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends.

In conjunction with our Medical & Dental Programs, 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.



Upcoming Initiatives

University of Miami Dental Brigade December 2025 Greece

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.