This week’s Five on Friday covers tech infrastructure help for Puerto Rico, two pieces on underserved children’s health, and a farmworker appreciation video, all recommended by MCN staff.
The NHIT Care Campaign for Puerto Rico
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Karen, CEO, shared the National Health IT Collaborative for the Underserved’s NHIT Care Campaign [2] to provide emergency medical response tools, supply chain management, and technology infrastructure for Puerto Rico's Federally Qualified Health Centers.
A Surprise Appreciation Party for a Potato Farmworker
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Alma, Health Network Associate, shared this story about a potato farmworker [3] who is given a surprise appreciation party. The video now has 4.7 million views.
WHO’s New Guidelines on Assessing Children for Obesity
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Elaine, Chief Financial Officer, shared the WHO’s new guidelines [4] on assessing children for obesity.
National School-Based Health Care Convention
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Jillian, Director of Education and Communication, reminded us that the deadline to submit for the 2018 National School-Based Health Care Convention [5] is November 6th.
A MacArthur ‘Genius’ on Overcoming Modern Farm Slavery
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Amy, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, shared this New York Times article, “A MacArthur ‘Genius’ on Overcoming Modern Farm Slavery [7].”
Have a safe and healthy weekend.
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