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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 2h

📣The @who.int has released new guidance on creating a national malaria data repository, which serves as a centralized platform to store, manage, and access all malaria-related data! 👉 https://loom.ly/3ZCPNKo #GlobalHealth #EndMalaria #DataManagement

Guidance on establishing a national malaria data repository

Version 1.0, July 2025

www.who.int

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 1d

🎉We had a blast at this year's New England Rural Health Association Annual Conference in Connecticut! Several of our staff presented on their projects, including Project ECHO, perinatal mental health support, telehealth access points, and more! 👉 https://loom.ly/76JRRMQ #PublicHealth #NERHA2025

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 3d

MCD's Courtney Vannah presented on the growing independent practice dental hygienist (IPDH) workforce within the MaineCare dental provider network during a COHN-sponsored University of Maine Dental Hygiene Program course! #DentalHealth #OralHealth #WorkforceDevelopment

photo of a woman presenting a screen with bar graphics to an audience. Text: From 2023-24, the independent practice dental hygienists workforce in Maine had an increase of 8 new licensed providers and 7K+ MaineCare patients being seen! MCD and COHN logos

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 4d

Danielle Louder joined a panel at MaineHealth last week for Governor Mills’ Task Force on AI. Highlights: tele-AI triage, predictive analytics for chronic disease, and a vision for a shared AI Resource Hub to help rural health systems scale. Connect to collaborate! #HealthAI #RuralHealth #Telehealth

Panel of 4 speakers at MaineHealth conference with screen above them showing their photos and names.

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 7d

One in four U.S. adults lives with a disability, yet millions still face barriers to preventive care.
Screening For All helps health care workers make preventive screenings more accessible to every patient. ➡️Learn how to close these gaps: https://loom.ly/5fnL69E
#healthcare #patients #caregivers

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 8d

🎉 Please join us in welcoming two new members to MCD’s Board of Directors!
Read more about them⬇️
🔹 Dr. John Cutler: https://loom.ly/muXFZ2s
🔹 Dr. Janet Muriuki: https://loom.ly/t81v6HE

#boardofdirectors #welcome #globalhealth

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 9d

We’ve been a Project ECHO hub since 2018! This model helps providers learn together, share real cases, and improve patient care, turning connection into better outcomes. 🩺👉 Learn more: https://loom.ly/7DxtUNU #PublicHealth #WorkforceDevelopment

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 10d

MCD was pleased to present and exhibit at the sold out 2025 Maine Public Health Association annual conference! We featured our training program for community health workers and our work with people in recovery leading with their lived experience. #publichealth #maine #healthworkers #conference

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 14d

Danielle Louder, director of @northeasttrc.bsky.social & co-director of MCD's U.S. Programs, joined partners, including other TRCs, @americanheart.bsky.social, and ViVE for a telehealth thought leadership workshop! #PublicHealth

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 18d

📣We're excited to be at these upcoming #PublicHealth events: @mainepha.bsky.social, New England Rural Health Association & @astmh.bsky.social 👉 https://loom.ly/76JRRMQ #ASTMH2025 #TropMed25 #NERHA2025

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These Events! Maine Public Health Association October 27, Augusta, Maine New England Rural Health Association November 4–5, Mystic, Connecticut American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene November 9–13, Toronto, Canada

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 22d

📣If you’re a provider in rural New England or New York and want to learn about co-occurring mental health and substance use disorder, don’t miss this FREE online workshop that takes place biweekly from November 5-December 17! Register today👉 https://loom.ly/xKIc0Rc #BehavioralHealth #PublicHealth

green, yellow, and orange graphic with photo of two women, one talking and the other taking notes. Graphic of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine together. Register now button. Text: Upcoming ECHO: Integrated Approaches to Co-occurring SUD & Mental Health. In this free online series, you’ll learn about: Foundations of co-occurring SUD and mental health
The brain: addiction and mental health
Grief and loss due to overdose and suicide
Caring for each other in the workplace

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 23d

Clean hands🙌 are vital in the fight against neglected tropical diseases. This #GlobalHandwashingDay, Be a #HandwashingHero 🧼, let’s strengthen WASH and NTD collaborations! 👉Learn more about our WASH efforts: https://loom.ly/qvWQasU #GlobalHealth

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 28d

🎉That's a wrap🎉! MCD's Hannah Huggins and Cristina Leal finished presenting at the NNPHI's Open Forum: Next Generation event on culturally adapting public health training and building online training for the public health workforce💻! #NNPHI

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 29d

🎉African Energy Week: Invest in African Energy Awards has announced that ConocoPhillips has been awarded the 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year award for funding our Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project in Equatorial Guinea! 👉https://loom.ly/oZC3FGw #GlobalHealth #AEW2025

Group of people on stage accepting award trophy. Text in white with dark gray background: This award is a testament to what can be achieved when the private sector, government, and committed organizations, like MCD, join forces for a common goal. For 22 years, we’ve witnessed how partnership turns challenges into lasting change. — Cristine Betters, CEO & President MCD

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · 29d

📣Our October 2025 newsletter is ready for your reading pleasure! Learn about the Vision 2030 Malaria Elimination Strategy, recovery friendly workplace designation, corporate social responsibility award, new research, and more!➡️ https://loom.ly/iY370xo #GlobalHealth #EndMalaria #PublicHealth

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Oct 8

🎉We’re excited to be at NNPHI’s 2025 Open Forum: Next Generation event! Make sure to attend 2 presentations led by our staff:
✅11 a.m., Oct. 9: The Art and Practice of Culturally adapting Public Health Training
✅9:30 a.m., Oct. 10: Building Impactful Online Training for the Public Health Workforce

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Oct 7

Between 2017–2023, ~27K women were screened by our #CervicalCancer Screening and Testing program in Equatorial Guinea! Study published in JCO Global Oncology shows facility-based and community outreach are effective in implementing single-visit, screen-and-treat approach: https://loom.ly/Re5ZY_I

Green graphic with photo of two women, one on an exam table and the other talking to her. with text: New Recently published! “Lessons Learned From 7 Years of Implementing Cervical Cancer Screening and Treatment in Equatorial Guinea” in JCO Global Oncology

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Oct 3

🎉ConocoPhillips has been awarded the 2025 Corporate Social Responsibility Project of the Year award for funding MCD’s Bioko Island Malaria Elimination Project in Equatorial Guinea during this year's #AfricanEnergyWeek 👏: https://loom.ly/R8Qy0JI #EndMalaria #GlobalHealth

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Win Corporate Social Responsibility Award at African Energy Week! Photo of 5 people on stage accepting award

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Oct 2

Emer Smith, infectious disease field epidemiologist at Maine CDC, presented on the 2024 Campylobacter coli outbreak from raw oyster consumption in Maine as part of a panel at the 2025 Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists Annual Conference👉https://loom.ly/9w-Epb4 #CSTE2025

Emer Smith
Senior Program Associate
Infectious Disease Field Epidemiologist, Maine CDC
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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Oct 1

In 2024, Maine CDC’s Blueprint for Change project, supported by MCD, engaged w/ ~100 people on health care landscape for children & youth w/ special health care needs🩺. Such data helps inform Maine’s strategy to improve children & youth's health and well-being: https://loom.ly/6QgUp2M #PublicHealth

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Sep 29

📣MCD and its Healthy Lincoln County program were recently designated as recovery friendly workplaces in Maine! 👉Learn more about this designation: https://loom.ly/GsD_3kU #RecoveryMonth #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Sep 26

📣We're at #UNGA80 in NYC! Our CEO and President Cristine Betters, Director of International Programs Guillermo Garcia, and others, including BIMEP partners and funders, officially announced launch of Equatorial Guinea Vision 2030 Malaria Elimination Strategy: https://loom.ly/ow16fLA #GlobalHealth

Cristine Betters talking a podium next to Guillermo Garcia in front of people

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Sep 25

📣MCD's Michaela Fascione is at the North Country Leadership Summit in Lake Placid, New York, today, representing the Northeast Telehealth Resource Center and CARE2 program💻! 👉Learn more: https://loom.ly/pQmJYrI #NCLS2025 #RuralHealthChampions #TelehealthInnovators #PublicHealth

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MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Sep 25

#HealthyAging includes honoring individuals' end-of-life preferences. In this FREE virtual training, learn about attitudes toward death & dying, end-of-life planning for delirium & dementia, documenting end-of-life-preferences, & more! 👉Register and access the free course: https://loom.ly/iRuTVEM

MCD Global Health @mcdglobalhealth.bsky.social · Sep 23

📣Equatorial Guinea’s Vision 2030 brings together global partners including MCD, Oxford University, Tsinghua University, & University of California Malaria Initiative to eliminate malaria: https://loom.ly/ow16fLA #GlobalHealth #EndMalaria

Man smiling at camera with red, yellow and green graphic. Quote: "Through our long partnership with
Equatorial Guinea,
we have demonstrated significant impact on malaria epidemiology
and public health. Now, under the vice president's visionary leadership,
we are better positioned
to achieve elimination where it's feasible.” — Guillermo Garcia
Director, International Programs
MCD Global Health