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On Tuesday, two staff members from Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) presented to the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) on farmworker health in the midst of the pandemic. The day marked the first of a four-day virtual series for NACMH’s October 2020 meeting. Amy Liebman, MPA, MA, MCN’s Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, SFHM, MCN... Read More
Building Capacity in Occupational Health: Campesinos Sin Fronteras and La Ventanilla de Salud de Yuma, AZ
By Rose Guerra, Betsabe Ruiz and Idolina Castro[Editor’s Note: As part of our celebration of Binational Health Month, we present a post from Campesinos Sin Fronteras and the Ventanilla de Salud in Yuma, Arizona. Learn more about Campesinos Sin Fronteras here. Learn about the system of Ventanillas de Salud, a project of the Mexican government to support the health of visitors to Mexican... Read More
By L. Roxana Pineda, MPH, Coordinator of the Ventanilla de Salud at Mexican Consulate in Austin, Migrant Clinicians NetworkEarlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network and the Ventanilla de Salud in Austin, Texas, celebrated the 20th anniversary of Binational Health Week, which has continued year after year thanks to the collaboration of the Mexican Ministry of Health, the Institute of Mexicans... Read More
It’s Friday – time for our weekly rundown of recommended resources, opinions, journal articles, and more from Migrant Clinicians Network staff: Kaethe recommended the Brown Alpert Medical School’s new app to determine the COVID-19 risk level for a given activity, available at https://mycovidrisk.app/.Alma forwarded on the new video from the International Organization for Migration’s... Read More
A health fair attendee receives an immunization at the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas. The COVID-19 vaccine may not be ready for initial distribution for many months, but health authorities have begun to prepare for it. In many communities, obstacles and aversion to immunization may increase already-existing disparities in vaccine provision. In a new article, published in the Hispanic... Read More
Photo: United Farm Workers For almost two months, wildfires have suffocated the Northern California sky. A dry mid-August lightning storm ignited thousands of fires, many of which grew rapidly in the dry late summer undergrowth of forests across the state. By early October, over four million acres had burned in California alone. In some communities, the skies were grey-orange for days on end... Read More
It can be a challenge to select just five pieces to highlight each week, particularly with the speed of the news cycle these days. Here are some of the articles that we bet you haven’t seen yet this week -- and we think you’ll enjoy them and maybe find them useful in your own work in health justice. Pull up a chair, grab some tea, and dive into this week’s Five on Friday: Amy said, "This is... Read More
How Witness to Witness Is Helping Health Care Workers, Parents, and Others Address Emotional Responses to the Pandemic
[Editor’s Note: Witness to Witness continues to provide remarkable resources to help us cope with our emotional responses to the pandemic – and the many other stressors in our lives. Sign up for updates on the Witness to Witness webpage to hear about upcoming webinars, new resources, and other updates from Dr. Weingarten.]Although it may feel like the Coronavirus has been with us forever, in fact... Read More
What’s the Impact of COVID-19 on Food and Farmworkers? MCN’s Amy Liebman Joins Marylanders to Discuss
The impact of COVID-19 has not been spread equally. Within the exploitative structures of industrial agriculture, farm and food workers have frequently been unable to keep themselves safe on the job and in farm-provided housing and transportation, as the “essential” work continues without sufficient protections or modifications -- no required federal protections for workers have been issued.... Read More
Almost a half-year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the devastation to the lives of vulnerable populations like agricultural workers continues to grow. This week’s Five on Friday focuses on new data and insight on COVID-19, plus some action to reduce the impact on those who are hardest hit. Giovanni shared a New York Times article on the impact of the Oregon fires on agricultural workers, “... Read More
