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Today's focus for National Health Center Week focus is "Agricultural Worker Health." Did you know that the Migrant Health Act of 1962, signed by U.S. President John F. Kennedy, preceded Community Health Centers (1965)? The movement for migrant workers' health was led by farmworkers, most famously Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta, who saw no distinction between civil rights and health care access. Today, Community Health Centers serve more than 1 million migrant and seasonal agricultural workers. These workers are essential, putting food on our tables across the country. Experts in migrant health care have learned to provide immunizations on a fast-track schedule, supply instructions for keeping insulin safe while traveling, emphasize hand-carried portable records, and fill prescriptions with 90 day supplies. Some health centers that see point-to-point populations have shared services, so that a family can, for example, get eye care in Florida and dental care in North Carolina. It takes not just a village, but several villages, to provide continuity of care. Cultural humility, creativity, curiosity, compassion and an understanding of health literacy are essential for clinicians. Many innovations in care have come from migrant health centers; for example, community health workers, or promotoras have been a backbone of operations for decades. #NHCW24 #HealthEquity

The Kenya Union of Nutritionists and Dieticians (KUNAD) yesterday joined other Health Workers Unions for deliberations on the newly launched SHA. It was clear that it was Prematurely launched & what Kenyans are contributing doesn't match the services they'll be able to access. If you do a comparison with NHIF, it's clearly a downgrade cause tell us why a public cover will need to have additional private covers for full coverage? Why couldn't they strengthen the existing cover? What was the hurry? Anyway, continuous discussions on the way forward were planned. Do you think SHA was well executed? What could have been done better? What areas of improvement are necessary for it to make sense? Share your thoughts 💬 in the comment section below 👇 cc: Michael Ouma Odero Godfrey Ogeto Situma Wafula Joshua Sang Patrick Malusi Martin Betty paulla kerubo Daniel Owino Wamunga #Healthcare #KUNAD #SHA #advocacy #Kenyandietitians #NHIF

Our main objectives are; ·        Collaborating with state-line ministries of agriculture, education, gender and social welfare, health youth, sport, and culture to ensure empowerment for vulnerable groups such as poor women, orphans, poor youth, and disabled as well as farmers and self-help groups ·        HSSSO shall partner with local and international development partners to execute major humanitarian roles required based on days and weeks as well. ·        Collectively, HSSSO shall evaluate and strategize to improve the management of aid service towards the interest of the communities and global standards. ·        Promote sustainability and utilization of local farming and gardening operations of the target communities in the disaster-affected areas ·        Sensitize the people on the importance of peacebuilding, education campaigns, breastfeeding, nutritional campaigns, EPI, Measles and malaria campaigns, etc., and the absence of arms from the hands of civilians among the pastoralists and self-organize gangs in the communities

Public health policy, including cash-transfer benefit programs, may help to incentivize and ensure healthy food options. #healthydiet #SNAP #WIC #publicpolicy #publichealth #bioethics "In its current form, SNAP is neither explicitly a food-voucher program like WIC nor a cash-transfer program, given that benefits can be spent only on food. If policymakers want to steer the program toward one end of this spectrum to increase its effectiveness, evidence from global health and social policy suggests that a cash-transfer program is the better option.(5) With more available resources, participants in cash-transfer programs appear to invest in products and services that improve health. Advocates for re-imagining SNAP to look even less like a cash-transfer program must more clearly lay out the evidence supporting this major shift in health policy away from global trends."

In a new op-ed from Last Mile Health & Co-Impact, Marion Subah & Yasmin Madan write, "Universal health coverage demands that health systems are just and inclusive – yet this shouldn’t just apply to the patients we serve. We need just and inclusive work for women in the health workforce." Read more about lessons learned from Liberia's national community health worker program via FairPlanet: https://bit.ly/3OBLxcO

Despite conflict, crop diversification in Afghanistan boosted household welfare & food security during the 2010s. More crops meant more income and resilience—critical insights for fragile regions. Can diversification alleviate rural poverty? 🌱🌍 #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #ConflictZones #Afghanistan. Read our new paper in The Journal of Development Studies

#Busia County has the highest #malaria prevalence rate in the country at 39%. Watch the video below to discover how #PSKenya has improved community case management of malaria by training 1,850 Community Health Promoters (#CHPs) in the region. https://lnkd.in/d-6dJ5xQ #CommunityCaseManagement #EndMalaria #CommunityHealthPromoters

This week, various organizations are celebrating World Population Day through seminars and walks, but these efforts alone do not improve modern Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (mCPR). For significant improvement in FP indicators, the Health Department must fully own the FP program and develop an accelerated plan to offer FP services at all health facilities. The Population Welfare Department needs strengthening to enhance facilities and outreach in underserved areas. Despite significant investment in the Lady Health Worker (LHW) program, covering 58% of the population, mCPR remains below target. Little focus has been given to develop strategies for the 48% of the population living in underserved regions. The private sector and local NGOs have demonstrated effective models for improving mCPR in underserved areas, but without dedicated resources and strategic execution from the government and donors for these innovative models, Pakistan cannot meet its mCPR commitment of 60% to be achieved by 2030.

Productive meeting with Dr. Oumar Diouhe BAH, Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, Guinea. We discussed key initiatives aimed at enhancing healthcare partnerships and promoting public health solutions between our nations. This meeting marks an important step in driving impactful collaborations that will benefit both India and Guinea. 🇮🇳🇬🇳 Oumar Diouhé BAH Papua New Guinea National Department of Health Global Health Visions World Health Organization Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India Hindustan Times The Times Of India Papua New Guinea News Online #healthcare #publichealth #globalhealth #healthpartnerships #healthcollaboration #IndiaGuinea #healthinitiatives #globalpartnerships #healthsolutions #internationalhealth #healthcaredevelopment #globalwellness #healthcareinnovation #publichealthsolutions #healthcaresector

"By integrating the unique needs of indigenous populations into health policy frameworks and fostering genuine community participation, we can make strides towards equity and improved health outcomes for all." Read the latest blog in BMJ Leader https://lnkd.in/eHziK6Xb