Brigada

The primary focus of this four week medical awareness tour is on ‘learning for discerning’ the possibilities for future cross-cultural service in medical and health related fields. Individuals in pre-med programs, medical school, nursing students, medical residents or those early in their health related studies or careers that have an interest in serving in the [...]

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PNHI is offering Medical Professionals and Educators to join the work in Peru during the summer of 2012 to work with, teach, and train Peruvian Medical Professionals and Educators. It’ll be known as a “Rendezvous in Peru.” If you are interested please email your contact information no later than the end of January 2012. The [...]

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Each fall the Global Missions Health Conference brings together more than 2,000 believers, hundreds of students, and nearly 200 medical missions organizations interested in global health outreach. The GMHC in Louisville, Ky., Nov. 11-13, offers the information, experience, and organizations that are using medical work to change the world. It offers a chance to meet [...]

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How about a women’s hospital in rural Pakistan? You could go there as a gynecologist or an anesthesiologist, an IT worker or a nurse but you would end up doing way more than that, including impacting lives for eternity. For over 50 years the hospital has had a testimony and active outreach into the community. [...]

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Help Phil, a grad student, develop a wellness inventory which will allow managers and member care staff to assess the well-being of colleagues in the physical, emotional, spiritual, social, occupational and intellectual areas of their lives.  Unlike many of the current assessments that attempt to answer the question, “How sick are you?” this inventory is [...]

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N4N is a non-profit charitable humanitarian organization founded on Christian principles of compassionate service, health opportunity and education for all peoples of the world. See it at… http://www.nursesforthenations.org Read the blogs, see their pictures from Africa, sign up for their new e-newsletter, Insight and share your comments with us! Then go change lives!

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“Chuck”, who works in South Asia, would like to know if there are any “village medicine” training seminars in the spring anywhere in the USA. Got any leads? If so, please leave a comment below explaining who, what, why, when, where. Thanks! Be sure and leave a website or other form of follow-up.

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Now you can get it. An anonymous Brigada participant tipped us off to this off-the-beaten-path course in Lancaster, PA, Feb 7 and 8, 8:30am-4:30pm est each day. It’s designed by a retired Emergency Physician with 35 years of Trauma, EMS/ Rescue, and instructional experience. The methods and techniques taught are derived from over 10 years [...]

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6) FREE MEDICINE SHIPMENT FOR THOSE WHO CAN HELP DISTRIBUTE — Can you help distribute medicines to small clinics around the world? If so, the people at “Giving Children Hope” need your help. They are distributing pharmaceutical packages air freighted to international airports in developing countries. The package contains a mix of medicines including anti-worming [...]

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Maybe this seems like overkill, but, for malaria-infested areas, there’s something deeply secure about knowing that wherever you land to sleep, you’re covered. I recommend taking along something like the Epco Tropicscreen II. (Google it and the Campmor.com version will probably come up in the top 5 for about $70. Worth every penny of it. [...]

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The largest medical missions conference is the Global Missions Health Conference held each year at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, KY. If you are involved in any aspect of medical missions (long or short term), this conference is for you. This year’s key note speakers are Kay Warren, Dr. John Patrick, and Admiral Tim Ziemer. [...]

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Are you working in the mission field and need medical supplies for your missions work? Are you a church that wants to help your missionaries? Giving Children Hope is a US-based charity that exists to serve you in your needs. Visit their website at http://www.gchope.org/ for more on Giving Children Hope. If you would like [...]

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It’s happening September 18-20, 2008, in Pasadena, California. This three day conference is geared to meeting the educational and networking needs of Christian physicians, dentists, nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, pharmacists, physical therapists, public health workers, mission pastors, parachurch workers, students and all other healthcare professionals, who are interested in local and/or global and healthcare (medical) missions [...]

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