GLOBAL BRIGADES USA

Medical Brigades at University of Connecticut

• About
  Medical Brigades at UConn is a chapter of Global Brigades, the world's largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. The UConn chapter systematically works with more than 300 other university groups around the world to deliver and implement one of nine skill-based programs that benefit more than 130,000 Honduran and Panamanian community members annually. “UConn belongs to the Medical Brigades program of Global Brigades. Global Medical Brigades develops sustainable health initiatives and provides relief where there is limited access to healthcare. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are treated and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to mon