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We made it to Friday after another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are this week’s five articles on health topics of interest that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members. Candace shared this lengthy Medscape piece that features too many relatable quotes to pull just one: “Physicians Caring for Migrants Are 'Screaming Into the Void.'” MCN... Read More
[Dr. Giorgio Alberto Franyuti Kelly and Dr. Robert Shelly]Earlier this year, Migrant Clinicians Network welcomed two new board members to our clinician-driven Board of Directors: Giorgio Alberto Franyuti Kelly, MD, and Robert Shelly, MD, FAAP.Dr. Franyuti is the Executive Director of Medical IMPACT, a nonprofit organization based in Mexico that provides humanitarian medical assistance to... Read More
[Photo by Karl Hoffmann][Editor’s Note: MCN’s California office was established in Chico in 2000 and serves as the hub of education and communication for the organization. In June of this year, MCN brought Jessica Candela, MPA, in to focus on California development and outreach projects. One element of her work is in emergency response after the Camp Fire, which burned just a few miles from MCN’s... Read More
As the holidays ramp up, our free time gets sucked away. Here, we’ve collected five health justice pieces that MCN staff read this week, in case you missed some of the stories that matter. What did you read that you recommend to us? Let us know on Facebook. Jess recommended this great article from her local paper, the Chico Enterprise-Record: “Spanish-Speaking Camp Fire... Read More
Knowledge is Power: Reaching Farmworkers on the Eastern Shore of Virginia with Environmental Health Education
Farmworker parents after participating in an environmental health and safety talk with a community health worker.By Kate Kruse, Project Coordinator, Migrant Clinicians NetworkPrior to living and working in the United States, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) staff member José Enriquez was unaware of the multitude of environmental hazards one can encounter in agricultural settings,... Read More
Last Thursday, before diving into our steaming plates of vegetable sides and stuffing, my family went around the table to say aloud a few things for which we’re grateful. It’s remarkable how, every year, our gratitude is for the most basic human needs. We’re grateful for our loving family. For a warm and safe home. For abundant food on our plates. For access to opportunities that allow us... Read More
[Editor’s Note: Immigration at any age changes life paths. Last week, we featured the harrowing account of escaping communist Hungary, from our Chief Medical Officer, Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH. This week, we are highlighting the immigration story of Saul Delgado, Health Network Data Specialist. Migrant Clinicians Network helps immigrants successfully make their own stories of health and well-being... Read More
It’s Black Friday -- or, for many of us, it’s Buy Nothing Day! Today, I have the day off, and I’m working hard to eschew the post-holiday over-consumption impulse. Instead, I might spend the day with family, take a hike in the woods, volunteer at a nonprofit that shares my values, or tackle that craft project I’ve been ignoring. There are lots of guides to getting through the holidays while... Read More
Dr. Laszlo Madaras at the Austro-Hungarian border while traveling in 2019.Fifty years ago, after a year living as refugees, the family of Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, finally arrived in Bangor, Maine from Hungary. Dr. Madaras, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Medical Officer, was seven years old at the time. His first memories of America are tangled up in an American tradition: “We were jetlagged.... Read More
We’re wrapping up National Rural Health Week. Our clinician network is spread out across the United States and beyond -- including along some very sparsely populated areas in the countryside. Even among rural areas with thousands of residents, health care services may be fully absent. Rural hospital closures and a dearth of clinicians jeopardize the health of rural residents, both permanent... Read More
