The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc., (MCAN), is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established to address the complex and growing problem of pediatric asthma.
MCAN is funded by the Merck Company Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Merck & Co., Inc. The mission of the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. is to support and advance evidence-based programs that improve the quality of life for children with asthma and their families and to reduce through dissemination of effective interventions the burden of the disease on them and society.
From the 2010 EPA National Asthma Forum: MCAN is a non-profit organization with the mission to enhance the quality of life for children with asthma and to reduce the burden of the disease on them and society. The assets that MCAN bring to this forum and to asthma communities around the country are aimed at (1) catalyzing meaningful and action-oriented partnerships and collaborations; (2) supporting the implementation of EBI and evaluating the effectiveness of that process; and (3) formulating policy initiatives based on needs and closing gaps of access to care, levels of morbidity, and burden of disease.
MCAN Announces $2 Million Care Management Partnership with Xavier University of Louisiana to Sustain a Successful Program to Manage Childhood Asthma in New Orleans
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 26, 2010 – On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, experts point to increased sensitivities to environmental asthma triggers as a risk for more severe asthma symptoms and attacks in hundreds of New Orleans children. Today MCAN announced its pledge of nearly $2 million to Xavier University of Louisiana’s Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities Research and Education to sustain Head-off Environmental Asthma in Louisiana (HEAL), a program that has been successfully assisting families manage their children's asthma. MCAN partnered in the first phase of HEAL with the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD) under the auspices of the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health.
Medical Homes & Childhood Asthma Policy Brief Now Available
August 4, 2010 – The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act provides multiple opportunities to improve outcomes for the millions of children living with asthma. MCAN is partnering with The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services and the RCHN Community Health Foundation to publish a series of briefs that will spotlight key provisions in the law and what they mean for childhood asthma. The first in this series, "The Affordable Care Act, Medical Homes and Childhood Asthma: A Key Opportunity for Progress," focuses on how the medical home model facilitates comprehensive, patient-centered care by fostering partnerships among and between patients and their providers including primary care doctors, pediatricians, specialists and emergency service providers.
MCAN Executive Director Featured on National Governors Association Webcast
The Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc., (MCAN), is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization established to address the complex and growing problem of pediatric asthma.
From the 2010 EPA National Asthma Forum: MCAN is a non-profit organization with the mission to enhance the quality of life for children with asthma and to reduce the burden of the disease on them and society. The assets that MCAN bring to this forum and to asthma communities around the country are aimed at (1) catalyzing meaningful and action-oriented partnerships and collaborations; (2) supporting the implementation of EBI and evaluating the effectiveness of that process; and (3) formulating policy initiatives based on needs and closing gaps of access to care, levels of morbidity, and burden of disease.
