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Pictured L-R : Dr. Ruth Lubic, Founder and President
Emerita of the Developing Families Center and Founder and Chair
Emerita of the Family Health and Birth Center in the District of
Columbia, Sherman Browne, Representing City Council Member, Maria
Baez, Dr. Jennifer Dohrn, Director of Midwifery Services,
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York State
Assemblywoman Aurelia Greene, Verona Greenland, President and CEO
of Morris Heights Health Center, Audrey Puente, Chief Weather
Anchor WWOR-TV, MY 9 Television News at 10, Luis Diaz, Director
of Intergovernmental and Community Affairs for Governor David
Patterson.
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| MHHC Foundation Annual Legislative Meet & Greet
Breakfast |
| Morris Heights Health Center hosts an annual Legislative Meet
& Greet Breakfast in Albany with the New York State Assembly
members and Senators. The event serves to: |
- Educate legislators of role of Community Health Centers and
specifically MHHC in the community
- Express our appreciation for their continued support
- Provide an update on MHHC’s innovative project –
Harrison Circle
- Provide an update on new developments within MHHC such as our
School Based Health Program and Center of Excellence
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| Some legislators have come to anticipate our visit on a
yearly basis and everyone has expressed their appreciation for
the effort and the information we provide. |
| The 2009 Legislative breakfast was held on Tuesday, February
10, 2009 in the Albany Room, Empire State Plaza. |
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| Women's Health & Birthing Pavilion Celebrates 20th
Anniversary |
| Morris Heights Health Center joined hands across the nation
with more than 6 thousand other community health center
organizations serving over 17 million individuals to celebrate
national Health center Week.During this time MMHC commemorated
its 20th Anniversary of the center’s Women’s Health
and Birthing Pavilion (WH&BP) and paid tribute to
stakeholders who have paved the way for programs, like the
Women’s Health Program, Harrison Circle and in particular
the Community Health Center. |
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| WH&BP hosted over 300 guests – Elected Officials,
healthcare professionals, advocates, community residents,
patients and staff to a day of festivities, health screenings and
information sharing. The crowd was also served with a lavish
assortment of healthy treats for lunch. The days event was
sponsored by more than 20 organizations including Affinity Health
Plans, Fidelis Care New York, Health First, Health
Plus,Neighborhood Health Providers and many other local
businesses. |
| Audrey Puente, Chief Weather Anchor WWOR-TV, MY9 Television,
emceed the ceremony in which the CEO and President of Morris
Heights Health Center Verona Greenland, awarded 5 honorees with
the organizations LEAP award. The LEAP Award is given to
individuals who embody the essence of the Community Health Center
movement – demonstrated by actions that advanced the
mission and vision of improving access to affordable quality
healthcare. Inherent to this award are the four overarching
principles: Leadership, unyielding quest for Excellence, Advocacy
and Passion. |
| 20 years ago, with Infant Mortality rates hovering around 26
to 28/1000, teenage pregnancy at epidemic proportion and late or
no entry into prenatal care being the norm, Morris Heights Health
Center was the first in the nation in a low- income urban
neighborhood to provide out of hospital births. To date, the
center has advanced from a birthing center into a full-spectrum
women’s health and education services program that
addresses the ever-evolving health and social needs of the women
in the community. The scope of services includes prenatal care,
labor and delivery, preconception and child birth education
classes as well as postpartum care, family planning,
gynecological and mature women’s health services, HIV
counseling, testing and treatment and ultrasounds. 1500 –
2000 prenatals are served annually yielding 600 – 800
births yearly. With the aid of the Prenatal Care Assistance
Program, our community perinatal profile has improved with infant
mortality rate less than 5.1/1000 and 90% entering into prenatal
care within the first and early part of second trimester. |
| The MHHC Women’s Health Program is committed to
continue providing the best quality services to women of all
ages. |
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