A central home for medical records and continuity of care for mobile underserved patients.

The latest in diabetes, TB, research, hepatitis, domestic violence, immunizations, environmental health, and more.

Education, tools and job search resources essential to keep a Health Practitioner on the cutting edge of migrant health.

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Teen Dating Violence Prevention Project

Domestic violence is not just a problem for adults. Teens experience intimate partner violence in their relationships too. In fact, intimate partner violence is very common in teen dating relationships. Learn how you can prevent teen dating violence.

Oct012009

Healthy Lung Month

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Healthy Lung Month is sponsored by the American Lung Association and seeks to increase awareness of issues pertaining to the maintenance of healthy lungs.

Immunization Initiative

Immunization Initiative

The Immunization Initiative at the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is devoted to promoting and improving childhood, adolescent, and adult immunization coverage levels among migrant and other mobile underserved populations. Funding for this project is obtained from a cooperative agreement with the National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Education and Professional Development

Education and Professional Development

MCN is committed to providing high quality continuing education to health care providers serving migrant farmworkers. MCN's comprehensive Clinical Education Program helps to develop excellence in practice, clinical leadership, and the dissemination of best models and practices. To best serve individual needs, MCN has devised an array of educational services that can be tailored to clinicians' unique requirements.

May262009

36th Annual International Global Health Conference

Location: Washington, D.C.
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People and communities around the world find it difficult to access good, affordable health care and knowledge they can use to improve their health. How can the global health community use technologies successfully to address the needs that matter most, such as getting the right health workers with the right skills and the right tools to the right communities, improving health, and saving lives?

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Health Brochures by the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants

The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has recently posted 10 NEW health brochures on their website. All the brochures are available for download free of charge. The topics covered in this new batch of brochures are as follows: Violence in the Home, Health Insurance and Medicaid, Living with Disabilities in the US, Personal and Home Hygiene, Dental Care and Hygiene, Healthy Pregnancy, Keeping Your Baby Healthy, Watching Your Child Grow, Common Respiratory Infections (Bronchitis, Influenza, and Pneumonia) and Asthma.

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Free Consumer Health Fact Sheets

For the first time, all Office on Women’s Health (OWH) consumer fact sheets are available in Spanish. OWH recently released 42 new Spanish-language publications on a range of topics including depression, generic drugs, heart disease, cosmetics, arthritis, mammography, HIV, and food safety. These easy-to-read fact sheets complement OWH's other Spanish language materials on diabetes, menopause, and safe medication use. OWH invites organizations and consumers to distribute these free publications to women and their families.

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The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention, NEW YORK

The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention is a community based Center for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer through new models of patient care, research, education and outreach designed to address the unique needs of the community. The Center, made possible by a generous gift from the Polo Ralph Lauren Corporation, is a partnership between Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital. Located in East Harlem, New York, its patient’s rights include making cancer screening and treatment available to all.

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Breast and Cervical Cancer in Texas

The Breast and Cervical Cancer Services program (BCCS) offers clinical breast examinations, mammograms, pelvic examinations, and Pap tests throughout Texas at no or low-cost to eligible women. BCCS is partly funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).

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