MCD Global Health

12/29/2025

Vermont’s nursing homes are tackling many challenges, and telehealth is emerging as a powerful solution. A new report from MCD and the Vermont Health Care Association highlights how telehealth can strengthen and stabilize long-term care across the state, improving access to care!👉 https://loom.ly/HuqhFUY

12/26/2025

📣We've launched a new webpage to help health organizations strengthen trust and boost patient, family, and community engagement! The page features a World Café event, a 5-part webinar series, and practical tools designed to support more responsive, patient-centered care. 👉Learn more: https://loom.ly/hXIpwtc

12/22/2025

💡Learn more about starting buprenorphine in this video with Family Nurse Practitioner Karen Prazar, clinical director of the Nurse Practitioner Fellowship Program at Lamprey Health Care in New Hampshire 👉 https://loom.ly/RK2zYRo

12/19/2025

During bad weather🌩️🌨️, you can still access vital care through telehealth💻! Here’s an example of how MCD has helped deploy telehealth technology👉 https://loom.ly/w82Ky2M

12/18/2025

🎉Five years of progress in Gabon🎉! Through strong partnerships, HIV prevention and care have expanded, coordination has improved, and more people are getting the support they need. This is what sustained collaboration can achieve💪. 👉Read more: https://loom.ly/1SdGItc https://loom.ly/1SdGItc UNAIDS

12/16/2025

📣In our December newsletter, read about HIV care, new Board members, malaria research, conference recap, and more!➡️ https://loom.ly/zkj0ob8

12/15/2025

See how an award-winning public-private partnership has resulted in a 75% reduction in malaria among children and a staggering 97% drop in mosquito transmission rates on Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea: https://bit.ly/4q4SDGR

12/15/2025

📣We recently received a HRSA grant to strengthen provider retention in Maine’s rural Northern Border Region🎉. The project will expand training, placement, and supervision for practitioners across the substance use disorder workforce, helping more communities get the care they need. 👉Learn more: https://loom.ly/HRX6-Bg

12/10/2025

12/09/2025

📣Our Digital Health team is working with the Maine Seacoast Mission to improve access to care through telehealth technology for Maine island residents, reducing costs and time that these residents face accessing off-island providers! 👉Learn more: https://loom.ly/aXfC4qc

12/08/2025

🚨RESEARCH ALERT🚨New research from our Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project (BIMEP) shows that routine household visits for indoor residual spraying are also an effective way to reach target populations, as needed.

This paper illustrates the case of how pregnant women were reached to discuss their malaria prevention practices🦟. Many knew about bed nets, but fewer used the recommended preventive malaria treatment (IPTp), pointing to a need for stronger awareness and follow-up.

This highlights the potential for cross-leveraging interventions to improve resources and impact. 👉Read more: https://loom.ly/zYfdc3Q

12/05/2025

🎉Congrats to the New England Rural Health Association in receiving a $1.6 million grant from HRSA to support a new training and placement initiative in Vermont and New Hampshire, improving access to behavioral health and substance use disorder services for rural communities! Learn more below 👇

The award totals $1.6 million over four years and will support training, placement and sustainability efforts to strengthen the behavioral health workforce across rural Vermont and New Hampshire