mobile-logo

Blog

International Day Of The Girl Effect MCN Foundation
09 Oct

International Day of the Girl

by Todd MacMillan
in Blog
Comments

"It is important to involve young people as they understand their problems like no one else and have ideas for how to solve them. They are curious and confident and capable of doing anything" Shweta Technology Enabled Girl Ambassador (TEGA) from Jaipur, India International Day of the Girl For International Day of the Girl MCN Foundation is highlighting the work of Girl Effect. Girl Effect reaches more than 20 million...

Read More
International Nurses Day
11 May

Nurses Make a Difference

by MCN Healthcare
in Blog
Comments

The World Health Organization (WHO) has designated 2020 as The Year of the Nurse and Midwife.  This year is also the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.   The theme for International Nurses Day, celebrated on May 12th, is “Nursing the World to Health.”   Historically, as well as today, nurses are at the forefront of fighting epidemics and pandemics - providing high quality and respectful treatment and care. They...

Read More
01 Nov

Celebrate One Health Day on November 3, 2019

by Joyce Paich
in Blog
Comments

  November 3, 2019 is the fourth annual One Health Day, a global effort started by the CDC to bring attention to the necessity for a One Health approach to face shared health threats at the human-animal-environment interface.   The idea behind One Health is that the health of people is linked to the health of animals. According to the CDC, 6 out of 10 infectious diseases in...

Read More
Hero Women Rising Postcard
23 Oct

Hero Woman Rising – News from the Congo

by Todd MacMillan
in Blog
Comments

"Unfortunately, the center on the Plateau was attacked by an armed group just after Neema and I left…" Paul Freedman Documentarian MCN CONGO Amanda Valeur, Founder of MCN Healthcare and MCN Foundation, arranged to send award winning documentary filmmaker Paul Freedman to the Congo. This was to film the work of Neema Namadamu and Hero Women Rising. https://www.herowomenrising.org/ Communication from the field by Paul Freedman: Hi Amanda,I hope this finds you well. ...

Read More
11 Oct

by Joyce Paich
in Blog
Comments

GE Sponsored Webinar   Can We Help 'Solve' Sepsis Together?  The Economics of Sepsis   Wednesday, October 16, 2019 2pm-2:45pm EST   REGISTER TODAY   Description: There is no way to adequately assess or quantify the personal suffering and tragedy of sepsis. But healthcare institutions do strive to be effective and efficient – for the very reason of continuous improvement. This webinar takes a different look at sepsis – how institutions may more practically...

Read More
10 Oct

International Day of the Girl Child

by Todd MacMillan
in Blog
Comments

International Day of The Girl October 11, 2019 Since 2012, 11 October has been marked as the International Day of the Girl. The day aims to highlight and address the needs and challenges girls face, while promoting girls' empowerment and the fulfillment of their human rights. "We need to uphold the equal rights, voices and influence of girls in our families, communities and nations. Girls can be powerful...

Read More
09 Oct

Every 40 Seconds Someone Loses Their Life to Suicide

by Joyce Paich
in Blog
Comments

  October 10, 2019, is World Mental Health Day. It is a day to bring awareness to something that affects us on a global level. This year, the focus is on suicide prevention.    Over the last few decades, suicides have risen at an alarming and unimaginable rate. According to WHO, nearly 800,000 people die by suicide every year. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death...

Read More
18 Sep

A Thank You From Hero Women Rising

by Elisabeth Covella-Hanley
in Blog
Comments

HERO WOMEN RISING RISING TOGETHER "Thank you, with love, from the whole community." Neema Namadamu Hero Women Rising Founder Dear Amanda, We are so happy to share with you the triumphant news that the school YOU helped build, in a remote area of Itombwe, opened on Monday, September 2nd. Happy and excited children streamed in that morning, arriving early from all directions.  Nearly 200 youngsters attended school that day.  The youngest grade,...

Read More
World Patient Safety Day
14 Sep

Speak up for Patient Safety – World Patient Safety Day

by Joyce Paich
in Blog
Comments

September 17th, 2019 is the first annual World Patient Safety Day — a day dedicated to raising global awareness about patient safety and promoting action. Patient safety, in the simplest terms, is the prevention of harm to patients. While this seems like standard practice, WHO (World Health Organization) reports that “up to 4 out of 10 patients are harmed in primary and ambulatory care settings”....

Read More
World Sepsis Day
13 Sep

Today is World Sepsis Day

by Joyce Paich
in Blog
Comments

World Sepsis Day is held on September 13th every year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against sepsis.   World Sepsis Day was created by Global Sepsis Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting the efforts of over 1 million caregivers in more than 70 countries to better understand and combat what many experts believe to be the leading cause of death worldwide:...

Read More