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Dr. Laszlo Madaras, Chief Medical Officer at MCN, meets with migrants at a shelter in McAllen, Texas.At Migrant Clinicians Network, we have dedicated our lives to raising up the voices of migrants, immigrants, and asylum seekers – those whose perspectives and needs are not merely ignored but often muted. With our partners across the country, we work with migrants, immigrants, and asylum seekers... Read More
Annie Leone, CNM, provides a check-up to a pregnant asylum seeker.A pregnant asylum seeker, recently released from detention, is due any day but has been separated from her partner, who was deported to Mexico to wait for his hearing while she was released to an immigration shelter on the US side.Another pregnant woman, fleeing for her life from gangs in her community who threatened her family, is... Read More
We've made it to Friday! Here is our weekly rundown of five pieces recommended by MCN staff, including a double weekly win. Claire offered the Healio article reviewing an editorial by Marc E. Rothenberg, MD, PhD, director of the division of allergy and immunology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. He concludes: “Doctors are in a special position to influence the climate change crisis,... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Every month, MCN’s Director of Witness to Witness, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, shares stories, resources, and helpful tips to support health care workers during these ongoing unprecedented times. Dr. Weingarten also offers a twice-monthly newsletter, filled with resources, recent articles, and her news and views. Sign up for the newsletter on the Witness to Witness webpage.]What... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Since July 2021, Alianza Nacional de Campesinas , Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221 community health outreach workers across 20 states and Puerto Rico to encourage vaccination within rural communities of color including Black and Indigenous communities through a learning collaborative. Funded by an... Read More
Friday is finally here! Lots of diverse articles were shared among MCN staff this week. Here’s a selection that we wanted to share with our readers. Claire shared a JAMA perspective reviewing the important Nature Medicine study that examines the risk of cardiovascular events after COVID infection. The COVID Heart—One Year After SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Patients Have an Array of Increased... Read More
"US and Global Infrastructure is Unprepared and Unwilling to Prepare for the Increase in Migration" -- Four Critical Strategies to Take On Climate Migration
What is the IPCC?The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was initiated by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988. Since then, it has regularly reported and assessed the science relating to climate change based on rigorous science. Its reports are collaborative, developed by scientists from across the world and peer reviewed. The IPCC won the Nobel Peace Prize... Read More
Today is International Women's Day. Across the world, numerous countries will recognize the contributions of women across cultural, economic, political, and social spheres. The roots of this holiday run deep. The very first celebration of the holiday took place in 1909, spearheaded by the Socialist Party of America. The first official observance took place in 1975, when the United Nations... Read More
It's Friday! Let's jump into MCN staff members’ inboxes to pick up some health news that we may have missed. And, with the world as it presently is, we offer up a double weekly win to soothe our collective nerves. Amy forwarded the grim assessment from the latest IPCC report, but, as this news article reminds us, we have the solutions ready to go to shift our climate path toward a... Read More
Migrant Clinicians Network’s exceptional work to advance health equity for migrant, immigrant, and asylum-seeking communities has been honored and elevated by a $5 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. With this gift, MCN plans to expand its programmatic efforts to serve the most underserved and marginalized in this nation, and the clinicians who have dedicated their lives... Read More
