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Deliana Garcia leads a discussion on hepatitis C at the Imperial Valley Medical Clinic

Valley health care professionals learned about treatment and prevention of the hepatitis C virus during a presentation given by Deliana Garcia of the Migrant Clinicians Network on March 7, 2012.  Read more in this article by the Imperial Valley Press.

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MCN Sponsors Two Webinars in March - Register Now

MCN is excited to host two webinars in March, each providing one hour of CME/ CNE* to participants at no cost.

On Wednesday, March 14, Dr. Martha A Medrano, MD, MPH, Director of Behavioral Health at CommuniCare Health Centers in San Antonio, TX will present Care for the Whole Person: Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care.

Job Opening at Winters Healthcare Foundation

Winters Healthcare Foundation, (WHF) is a non-profit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that values individuals who are dedicated and innovative.  They are located in Western Yolo County, approximately 15 miles from Davis, California, 30 miles from Sacramento and 70 miles from San Francisco.

WHF seeks a passionate and motivated physician to serve as Medical Director.

MCN's Ed Zuroweste will speak at the Pennsylvania Rural Migrant and Immigrant Health Conference

Migrant and Immigrant Health Conference - a two-day conference for food producers, advocates, educators, and policy makers who work or interact with migrant and immigrant farmworkers - will provide important information on agricultural and community health and safety issues, and effective health and safety programs for migrant and immigrant farmworkers and their families.

This is an excellent opportunity to network and improve your understanding of the issues affecting these vulnerable populations. Make your plans now to attend!

How One Hospital Entices Doctors To Work In Rural America

Recruiting doctors to live and work in rural America is a chronic problem. Most health centers try to attract workers with big salaries and expensive homes.

One center in Maine was trying to lure medical students to the countryside for their final two years with the hope that they stick around. The Ashland Health Clinic, a tiny hospital in southwest Kansas, is trying a different tack — a reverse-recruitment model. It's called mission-focused medicine, and it's based on serving problems most commonly found in third-world countries.

Submit Your Entry to AAPCHO's OUR STORIES National Contest!

AAPCHO’s OUR STORIES 2012: Empowering Healthy Communities national contest aims to explore the personal stories of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and other Pacific Islanders (AA&NHOPIs) across the country who benefit from and advocate for the care and services provided by their local Community Health Center (CHC). The goal of the Contest is to

A Dozen Cases Of Tuberculosis That Resists All Drugs Found In India : NPR

A Dozen Cases Of Tuberculosis That Resists All Drugs Found In India by Richard Knox.  Published January 11, 2012. 

Infectious disease specialists say there will surely be more cases of totally drug-resistant tuberculosis in India and other countries where cases of TB that don't respond to some drugs are being inadequately treated.

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Dr. Matt Keifer to serve as Director of the National Farm Medicine Center

Matt KeiferMatt Keifer, MD, MPH, the Dean Emanuel Endowed Chair and Senior Research Scientist at the National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC) has been named the Director of NFMC. Dr.

Migrant clinician shares personal experience of caring for farm workers

The DO published Q&A: Eye-opening turn treating farm workers forges new DO’s career path
  Posted Jan. 5, 2012
    
By Carolyn Schierhorn / Staff Editor 

Summary:  Adam S. Hoverman, DO, describes his expreience becoming a National Health Service Corps scholar and discovering the profound health care disparities that exist and are largely ignored.

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Hombres Unidos program recognized by national violence prevention organization

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