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New Mainers Public Health Initiative

Health Equity

NMPHI works every day to expand health equity in Maine. We do this through our own training and resources,...

Advocacy

NMPHI is engaged in local and state-wide advocacy work to improve and expand access to health care and...

Update on youth leadership program

This week, we had another fruitful discussion on our youth aspiration program for health care leadership training. the participants explored about the community organization with effective ways of engagement, by reaching out to elected officials, how to communicate...

NMPHI on Maine Calling

May 17, 2021From Maine Public Health Inequities: What Programs & Resources Help Underserved Groups in Maine Access Health Care. The pandemic has accentuated the problems of access to health care inMaine, especially among immigrants, BIPOC, rural and lower-income...

Local COVID-19 task forces offer new approach to public health

March 7, 2021From The Maine Monitor In February 2020, Margaret Downing read an article that terrified her. It predicted that a novel coronavirus spreading around the world would overwhelm U.S. healthcare systems, particularly those in small communities like her town...

NH-ME LEND and New Mainers Public Health Initiative

January 20, 2020From AUCD Over the past two decades, Maine has experienced a rapid growth of racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse populations. Although Maine's population is largely White (95%), children in Maine are disproportionately from minority...

Feature in Maine Initiatives

July 12, 2021From Maine Initiatives New Mainers Public Health Initiative: Started by the initiatives of a handful of college and university students wanting to give back to their communities, New Mainers Public Health Initiatives (NMPHI) works to promote healthy...

Feature in Grass Roots Fund

June 10, 2021From Grass Roots Fund Our purpose is to build resilient and healthy communities by informing, educating, and advising immigrants from Africa and the Middle East on ways to keep healthy, improve nutrition, receive vaccinations, take care of their children...