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Friday is here again! MCN staff is hard at work to address health inequities among migrant, immigrant, and underserved populations. To that end, we share articles of interest among ourselves, and engage in conversation on the latest research and news. Here are a few pieces that we shared this week, that we wanted to offer to you as well. Kaethe was one of several folks who shared parts... Read More
Medical Review for Immigrants Connects Physicians and Pro Bono Attorneys to Help Immigrants in Detention with Urgent Health Issues
[Editor’s note: At the end of 2020, MCN intern Jenieve Chapa interviewed some of the key figures in Migrant Clinicians Network’s Medical Review for Immigrants (MRI) program. Learn more about MRI here. Help these lawyers and clinicians connect immigrants to health care when they urgently need it, by supporting MRI through a donation to MCN here.]On multiple visits to the Port Isabel Detention... Read More
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Don’t wait til the last minute – make sure you know where you’re buying your fair trade chocolate, to ensure that the goodies for your loved ones aren’t produced by child labor. Most of the major chocolate producers have broken their pledges to end child labor in their supply systems, pledges they made two decades ago, and so consumers still need to do... Read More
In 2020, while COVID-19 outbreaks were already hitting farms further south, Maine's late harvest window provided clinicians and public health workers a longer lead time to prepare and advocate for migrant farmworkers, before they arrived. “We started preparing very early, collaborating with the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Health and Human Services [Maine DHHS], and the... Read More
By Dr. Laszlo Madaras[Note from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, MCN's Director of Witness to Witness: Here, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Laszlo Madaras writes to the staff of Migrant Clinicians Network, on the eve of a significant anniversary for him and for so many others around the globe and in our MCN community. Anniversaries are moments in time when memories can be particularly intense.... Read More
Friday has arrived! Here are five articles shared by MCN staff this week, that perhaps you have missed. Amy shared "Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality at the County Level.” The researchers’ findings suggest that “farmworkers may face unique risks of COVID-19 beyond issues of language, insurance, or economics, and that while their unique risk can be seen in higher absolute numbers of... Read More
Serving Refugees, Immigrants, & Migrants When Virtual Isn't Possible: A COVID-19 Outreach Event Checklist
The challenges of reaching refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities (RIM communities) have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. During a time when it is even more apparent that communicating clearly, in a language the receiver fully understands, and with overall cultural relevancy, is crucial for the stability of entire communities, MCN’s new bilingual checklist outlines vital... Read More
By Timothy Dunn, Immigration Scholar and Professor of Sociology at Salisbury University[Editor's Note: President Biden quickly pivoted to address immigration policy within the first hours of his presidency. His ambitious immigration plan has already been set into motion with yesterday's executive orders. Many patients experience health concerns and health care access issues as a result of... Read More
Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Del shared this New York Times piece, which may be helpful when providing information to migrants who travel by car: “How to (Literally) Drive the Coronavirus Away.”Kaethe said: "This is a poignant article about the impact on family members of having a loved one who is a health care worker. We... Read More
Eyes Wide Open, and Hopeful: On Receiving the Second COVID-19 Vaccine Injection, From a Hospitalist on the Frontlines
By: Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH[Editor’s Note: Hundreds, if not thousands, of frontline clinicians in our clinical network have received their initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. Many took selfies as the shot was administered, with smiles of hope and jubilation. Here, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Migrant Clinicians Network and a doctor who has assisted hundreds of patients... Read More
