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The American dairy farm has changed. The idyllic small family farm still gracing many milk cartons -- a few cows, rolling green hills, a red barn -- has largely been replaced by big farms with hundreds of cows milked by immigrant workers, many of whom lack the paperwork to legally work in the US. As clinicians and researchers, we wondered how this growing group of workers is faring. Our new... Read More
Migrant Clinicians Network applauds the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Calls for Funding
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) applauds the White House’s National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, which, if implemented, provides a clear and effective path forward to eliminate TB. The National Action Plan, released at the end of December, identifies strategic actions that the US government can take within the next five years to effectively combat multidrug-... Read More
Submit comments to the Environmental Protection Agency about its move to ban chlorpyrifos today -- the comment period ends tomorrow, January 5th!In October, the Environmental Protection Agency at long last moved to ban the use of chlorpyrifos in agriculture -- a huge win for agricultural workers. Exposure to the organophosphate insecticide is documented to contribute to a wide range of health... Read More
This year was a very busy one for MCN’s Environmental and Occupational Health team. Our hard-working Maryland office completed a number of projects and initiated some ambitious new ones, to keep workers safe on the job and assist health centers in identifying and reporting occupational injuries and exposures. Here are just five of the Environmental and Occupational Health team’s successful... Read More
2016 is just days away -- it’s time to review the year’s hard work. Here, we celebrate MCN successes in the fight for health justice. Learn more about MCN’s advocacy efforts in Advancing Health Justice, our overarching statement on how we engage in advocacy work. In this post, we review each of our top priorities from our 2015 Advocacy Agenda.Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) works to engage... Read More
2015 might be winding down, but there’s one part of MCN that shows no sign of slowing down: Health Network. Our bridge case management system for mobile patients helps health centers and other institutions keep mobile patients in treatment as they migrate. The continuity of care service, which we provide free of charge, has grown by leaps and bounds in 2015 -- and that means more... Read More
As we begin the countdown to the end of the year, we at Migrant Clinicians Network are celebrating all the successes we have had this year -- and we’re already revving up for a very busy 2016. Support our work: please give to MCN this month. Between now and December 31st, your tax-deductible donations will have double the impact, with our $1 for $1 matching grant. Your donations make a big... Read More
by Kathy Shield, Health Network Intern[Editor’s note: This case study demonstrates how our Health Network team works diligently to assure each patient’s treatment completion. Thank you to MCN’s intern, Kathy Shield, for the thoughtful write-up. Watch short introductory videos on Health Network and learn how to enroll patients on our Health Network page.]In the summer of 2013, Nicholas* was... Read More
Another very busy week! Even with the holidays now upon us, we at MCN are still at full speed ahead, fighting for health justice for the mobile poor. Here is a handful of articles that we at MCN found informative and eye-opening this week. We hope you enjoy them too.1. Claire, Writer & Editor, notes that today is the final day of negotiations in Paris at the UN Climate Summit. Our world’s... Read More
Last week, MCN’s Deliana Garcia, Director of International Projects, Research, and Development, and Ed Zuroweste, MD, Chief Medical Officer, arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for the 46th Union World Conference on Lung Health, the annual conference of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.Garcia co-coordinated a half-day workshop entitled Application of Program Guidelines... Read More
