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Friday is here! MCN staff have been forwarding and recommending dozens of resources and news pieces all week, about health justice, migrants and immigrants, clinicians on the frontlines, and vulnerable populations. Who knew that the pace of the news cycle could speed up even more? Here is a selection of five of the pieces we shared among ourselves this week. What deserves to be on the list? Let... Read More
ICE raids. Public charge. Rhetoric around immigration. In the last three years, clinicians who have taken MCN’s annual poll have confirmed that forces outside of the clinic interrupt health care access for immigrant and migrant patients. For some, fear and anxiety has driven patients to avoid getting the care they need. For others, policy and enforcement have directly limited access to care. How... Read More
The weekend has arrived! For many of us, we can clear away the homeschool worksheets and dueling work-from-home laptops from the kitchen table and enjoy two days of rest. But many workers like farmworkers -- who, at long last, are recognized for their essential contributions to our society -- will continue to work as the spring crops ripen. We’ve been heartened to see an increase of attention on... Read More
Migrant Clinicians Network’s webinars last week, offered in English and Spanish, presented a wealth of information: What is COVID-19 and how does it spread? How do clinicians support farmworkers and rural communities? What is most concerning? What resources are available for clinicians who serve those communities? The webinars were simultaneously presented on Zoom and on Facebook Live, and are... Read More
As this pandemic continues to unfold, the world continues on. Migrants continue to seek a better life, vulnerable people struggle to get the care they need, health care workers put their lives on the line to care for others. At MCN, we’ve been very busy sharing resources, fielding questions, and supporting clinicians. Here are some articles that we shared at MCN this week. As National... Read More
Migrant Clinicians Network has been hard at work fielding clinician requests for guidance as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the anxiety it produces, stretch into even very rural communities. To reduce obstacles to participation for those in the fields or at home, we headed to Facebook Live over our typical online platforms. Last week, MCN’s Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, and Amy K.... Read More
MCN's Kate Kruse and Alma Galvan with the participants of the Train-the-Trainers workshop in Laredo, TX.In all areas of work, people face the risk of injury on a daily basis. From acute injuries that happen in an instant to health conditions that develop over months or years of strain or exposure, all workers run the risk of incidents on the job. Facing complications like language and... Read More
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical OfficerIn the second week of March 2020, I had the privilege of traveling to Puerto Rico for the first time, and visiting our Migrant Clinicians Network office in San Juan. MCN has been involved with primary care in Puerto Rico for many years and especially after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017. In the months following the... Read More
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical OfficerYou’ve heard about the symptoms before. It can at first seem like the flu -- fever, night sweats, fatigue -- but it’s the persistent cough that wears people down. This terrifying infectious disease has already spread all over the world -- and it’s deadly. It kills more people than any other... Read More
How to Communicate Preventative Measures in Times of Panic: Prepare before the onset of an emergency. And, if you can’t start early, then at least start now.
Community members in Puerto Rico attend a first aid training.Alondra is a 37-year-old who lives with her family in a small one-bedroom apartment. As the coronavirus hits her community, she begins to have lots of questions. If I get sick, how can I keep my daughters and husband away from me in such a small space, when I usually sleep in the living room? Who will take care of my two children if... Read More
