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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...
Expanding health care to immigrants will help stem structural inequities, advocates say
April 12, 2021From The Maine Beacon For Edier Ramirez, not having access to state health care services isn’t just harmful to his physical health. Like others in a similar position, it also affects his mental health and his overall quality of life. “They’re [many]...
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...
Immigrant leaders say more education, outreach needed in state vaccination process
January 22, 2021From The Maine Beacon As Maine pushes forward with distributing the COVID-19 vaccine, immigrant leaders in the state are ramping up outreach efforts to ensure New Mainers have access to inoculation and information about the vaccine that can combat...
With thousands out of work and without health care, more Mainers enroll in ACA
December 3, 2020From The Maine Beacon Amid a pandemic that has led to thousands of Mainers losing their jobs, more people are signing up for health care plans through the Affordable Care Act marketplace during the open enrollment window, which ends Dec. 15. From Nov....
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...