Global Medical Brigades
at the University of Washington
WHO WE ARE
Global Medical Brigades develops sustainable health initiatives and provides relief where there is limited access to health care. Global Medical Brigades is just one part of the Global Brigades organization. Other programs include dental, public health, water, environmental, architecture, law, business, and microfinance. Together, these programs make up the world's largest student-led development organization and work off each other since there are many overlapping factors of our work.
WHAT WE DO
For Global Medical Brigades, students and recruited health professionals travel together to rural villages to provide free health care and conduct health education workshops to empower local leaders. We are in our seventh year at the University of Washington and on our 2011 brigade served over 2,600 patients. Our first brigade at the UW in 2008 took around 30 students to Honduras and our program has grown tremendously ever since. We are proud to be one of Global Medical Brigades' strongest and largest university chapters. We work in conjunction with other affiliate universities to continually serve communities and to keep track of community ailments and statistics.