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While Trump continues to dominate the headlines, migrant health advocates are hard at work preparing for the new Administration’s potential policies and actions. We at MCN are dedicated to continuing the difficult and important work to fight for health justice for the mobile poor. We continue to keep a pulse on the world of migrant health and will continue to develop and share resources and... Read More
Timing couldn’t have been better for the second annual Women’s Conference on Saturday, November 12th, hosted by the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin through the Ministry of Mexicans Living Abroad and Migrant Clinicians Network. Simultaneously presented in English and Spanish, the themes of the conference -- violence prevention, economic self-sufficiency, and community leadership -- seemed to... Read More
How do you say “nondiscrimination” in Amharic? New ACA Rule Requires Postings in Top 15 Languages for Each StateLast month, a new Federal policy went into effect that requires “taglines” on their nondiscrimination policy to be posted in 15 languages. The posting is required of health centers and other locations that provide health services using Federal funds. The posting requirement is a... Read More
Diabetes care for underserved populations like migrant farmworkers can be challenging. Language barriers, work schedules, lack of transportation, fear of immigration status -- all keep patients with diabetes away from the clinic. To address this serious and health-threatening concern, the Group Health Research Institute created a three-year project to train community health advocates to provide... Read More
While the country’s major election dominated the headlines, other stories on the health needs of vulnerable populations slipped between the cracks. Here are a few articles that MCN staff shared this week. Jillian, Director of Professional Development and Education, sent along the announcement that a 23-page primer on TB, recently published in the journal Nature Reviews Disease Primers can be... Read More
Today, MCN’s CEO, Karen Mountain, RN, MSN,MBA sent out an all-staff email with the subject, “Taking Stock and Drawing a Breath.” “We probably will have many new challenges to face...but we have always had more than enough passion, ingenuity, and grit to see us through,” Mountain wrote. “ I believe we each understand that the stakes for many of the people we serve are incredibly high and I know... Read More
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network is proud to release the new comic book, Working with farm animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy, offered in English and in Spanish. This comic book delves into the causes and symptoms of zoonotic diseases, and depicts ways that workers can protect themselves, their loved ones, and their local community. The new resource is the result... Read More
Tuberculosis continues to kill two million people each year -- and that’s two million too many. This ancient disease, which is inexpensive to treat and cure, has been a focal point of Migrant Clinicians Network from our founding in the mid-80s, including through our bridge case management program, Health Network. But migrants haven’t always been identified as a key population in the fight against... Read More
Migration continues to be above-the-fold news. Recent reports at the US-Mexico border fortify earlier speculations that 2016 will post greater migration attempts than even 2014, as Central American gang violence and political instability drive families north. Meanwhile, European migration has tapered, likely as a result of the EU-Turkey agreement. Still, 333,000 people attempted the harrowing... Read More
Is there a link between a bad economy and the proliferation of infectious disease? Of course, we all recognize that governments reel back public health spending during economic slumps -- but is there another factor during bad times that challenges the public health landscape? In a new opinion piece published by STATNews, MCN’s Amy Liebman, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, argues... Read More
