NICARAGUA

Medical Chapter at LSU

Global Brigades is the worlds largest student-led, non-profit global health and sustainable development organization.
Global Brigades is a secular, international nonprofit organization, which mobilizes
student volunteers and professionals to empower communities in developing countries with programs that improve quality of life and environment, while respecting local culture. Students and professionals empower communities in Honduras, Panama, Ghana, and Nicaragua. Global Brigades focuses on countries where family members survive on less than $2 per day and where medical and economic needs are severely neglected.

SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE

Medical Brigades provides communities with access to doctors and medicine every
3-4 months through multiple 9 day brigades.

Important Statistics about our Community Partners:

Average level of education is approximately 5th grade Typically no doctors within a 20 mile radius 70% of the population have no access to a dentist 65% have no access to public sanitary services Typical Families walk 6 hours a day to get access to water Limited to no access to microfinance

CENTRAL AMERICAN VILLAGES

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MOBILE MEDICAL CLINICS
Contact: Thania Vega Vice President Medical Chair tvega1@tigers.lsu.edu (504) 575-6486

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WE THINK GLOBAL