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Tomorrow is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day and Google has a cool map that will show you the nearest prescription drop off point based on your zip code. Good for people and the environment! (Thanks, Giovanni, for letting us know!) As you head into your weekend, take a few minutes to read a selection of articles from MCN staff that you may have missed: Amy shared... Read More
El Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico y Migrant Clinicians Network anuncian alianza con Centros de Salud Comunitaria de Puerto Rico para la preparación de emergencias
[Verónica Torres González, Deliana Garcia, Gayle Thomas, Alma Galván, Karen Mountain, José Rodríguez, Marysel Pagán Santana, and Amy K. Liebman in MCN's Puerto Rico office][Nota del editor: Utilizando un enfoque de movilización comunitaria participativa, la nueva colaboración de MCN con el Fideicomiso de Salud Pública de Puerto Rico se centra en la preparación para emergencias con la intención de... Read More
Por Marysel Pagan SantanaLos desastres alimentados por la crisis climática están desestabilizando a las comunidades en todos los Estados Unidos, a la vez que aumenta la migración climática. Aquí en Puerto Rico continuamos recuperándonos de los estragos causados por el huracán María en el 2017. Durante el “East Coast Migrant Stream Forum” de este año, celebrado en San Juan, tuvimos la... Read More
[MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras with Mary Englerth, PA]After over three decades of service of farmworkers in rural Pennsylvania, Mary Englerth, PA, is retiring. “Hermana Mary,” as many know her in the farmworker camps, is a Maryknoll Missioner and, until very recently, the long-time Pennsylvania State Director of the Migrant Health Program at Keystone Health. In that role, Mary has worked... Read More
October is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. In detention, many women are not getting the health care treatment they need. That includes mental health services. In a recent Huffington Post article on the Karnes detention facility, the director of family detention services from RAICES says, “We’ve heard so many women talk to us about wanting to kill themselves. It’s only a matter of time... Read More
Por Luis Edwardo RettaOctubre es un mes para reflexionar sobre la salud y a la Ventanilla de Salud le gusta comenzar el mes con su lanzamiento anual de la Semana Binacional de Salud. La Semana Binacional de la Salud es una gran colaboración entre muchas organizaciones increíbles organizadas por red de proveedores de servicios de salud para migrantes también conocida por sus siglas en inglés... Read More
Este verano, una mujer que estaba embarazada de cuatro meses interrumpió su atención médica de Medicaid, a pesar de ser legalmente elegible para la cobertura, y planeó pagar de su bolsillo la atención prenatal, el parto y la atención posparto, miles de dólares en total. Su médico, Adrian Billings, MD, PhD, FAAFP, un médico de cabecera y director médico de Preventive Health Care Services, un... Read More
Justice for Migrant Women and HOLA! USA are partnering together to raise awareness about sexual harassment against farmworker women and girls who plant, pick, and pack the fruits and vegetables that puts food on our tables. The #BandanaProjectChallenge will be launched as a part of the International #DayoftheGirl actions taking place throughout the US and around the world. The Bandana... Read More
[Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the summer 2019 issue of MCN’s in-print clinical publication, Streamline. Subscribe for free, or read our back issues online, here. This week, Futures Without Violence announced it is accepting applications for Project Catalyst III. Three state or territory leadership teams will be awarded $75,000 each to improve the health and safety outcomes for... Read More
One Doctor’s Path to Serve Asylum Seekers: “Seeking safety and asylum in the United States should not result in inhumane, dangerous incarceration”
[Overcrowding of families observed by the Office of the Inspector General on June 10, 2019, at Border Patrol’s McAllen, TX, Station.][Editor’s Note: Kate Sugarman, MD, is a family physician in Washington, DC; she’s also one of the clinicians working with Migrant Clinicians Network through Medical Review for Immigrants, in which physicians review medical records to assist immigrants with urgent... Read More
