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By Luis Edwardo RettaThis time of the year marks the annual Binational Health Week at the Mexican Consulate of Austin. Along with Ventanillas de Salud all over the country, the Austin Ventanilla de Salud seeks to connect health services to the local community. Migrant Clinicians Network partners with the Ventanilla de Salud to assure continuity of care and connection to health services for the... Read More
Proposed new rules on public charge, the first-ever United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis, Hurricane Florence recovery, and numerous other migrant health-related stories weighed down our thoughts this week. We send our gratitude to the thousands of clinicians who are on the frontlines of these issues, lending their time, expertise, and hearts to caring for some of the most... Read More
Post-Florence: Hog Waste Contaminates the Floodwaters, and Disaster Expert Chip Hughes Looks Ahead to Clean-up
(Photo by: Sandy Millar)During Hurricane Florence, Joseph “Chip” Hughes, Jr., MPH, was with his family in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 120 miles from the coast. But his university town, one that usually avoids hurricane damage due to its inland location, was met with a torrential downpour. He watched the waters rise, flooding his neighbors’ homes, his street, the local shopping center. Hurricane... Read More
¿Salud pública o carga pública? Declaración de MCN sobre los cambios de la administración a la política de carga pública.
(Photo by Earl Dotter)[Nota del editor: Esta semana, la Administración actual tomó medidas que que se esperaban pero al mismo tiempo muy desconcertantes sobre la política de carga pública cuando se publicaron los cambios preliminares propuestos aunque aún no están finalizados. Los beneficios que pudieran ser considerados para determinar si un inmigrante puede convertirse en un “... Read More
Desde el campo: Entrenando a padres de familia como trabajadores de salud comunitaria para proteger a los niños de los peligros ambientales
El entusiasmo de los 14 padres de familia que participaron en el entrenamiento de trabajadores de salud comunitaria (CHWs por sus siglas en inglés) no disminuyó por los fuertes aguaceros que cayeron en VA durante el fin de semana antes del huracán Florence. El entrenamiento fue organizado gracias a una alianza entre MCN, y East Coast Migrant Head Start Project. Alma Galván, MHC, Asesora principal... Read More
Today is the final day of National Farm Safety and Health Week. Agricultural workers face some of the most dangerous workplaces in the country, but clinicians can step up and provide information and resources to help agricultural workers stay safe on the job. Check out some of the great resources from the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, including their Farm Safety... Read More
Photo by CSMHoy se cumple el aniversario del día en que Puerto Rico fue azotado por el Huracán María. Este evento provocó que miles de personas quedaran sin atender sus necesidades básicas ni recibir servicios -- pero los centros de salud en las comunidades rurales de Puerto Rico actuaron rápidamente para llenar ese vacío, ejerciendo como puntos críticos de comando organizando y distribuyendo... Read More
Every morning for three weeks, MCN’s Co-Chief Medical Officers, Ed Zuroweste, MD, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, woke up early in Majuro, the capital city of the Marshall Islands, and went for a run. Despite the scenery -- a gorgeous atoll with white sand beaches and nodding palm trees -- the duo did little else for the day that would constitute a vacation. As volunteer physicians, they... Read More
Photo by Earl Dotter“I came of age professionally in the worker health and safety movement with Earl Dotter’s images, bringing to life, in often painful ways, worker struggles and reinforcing the ongoing need to carry on the fight for worker safety.” -- Amy Liebman, MPA, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health at MCN, in the introduction to the chapter about farmwork in “LIFE'S WORK, A... Read More
Another very full week here at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice that we thought you’d enjoy, chosen by MCN staff members. Karen, CEO, shared “As Ebola Case Counts Climb, Multiple Outbreaks Beat Down on the DRC.” Jillian, Director of Education and Communication, asks health center... Read More
