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Five on Friday: Migration, Global Health and Avian Flu

 

Friday is here! We've got five articles and resources for you to keep you well informed in the world of migrant health and health justice, recommended by the staff here at Migrant Clinicians Network. Have a read before you head into the weekend!

bar dividerSide of a US Customs and Border Protection vehicle - headline says "An Evidence-Based Analysis to Dissuade Mass Deportation Policy and Promote a New Immigration Pathway"

Life after a mass deportation event is filled with fear and trauma, along with economic and social shifts. Esther shared this article from Center for Migration Studies. Immigration Raids in Jackson, Mississippi, Five Years Later: An Evidence-Based Analysis to Dissuade Mass Deportation Policy and Promote a New Immigration Pathway

bar dividerHands of many different colors of paper reaching out and encircling a cutout of the earth   - Headline says "Global Health Education Competencies Toolkit"

Claire sent around this newly updated toolkit from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health, with intros and resources on topics like how globalization affects health and health care, the social determinants of health, health equity, planetary health, and decolonization of global health. Global Health Education Competencies Toolkit

bar dividerClinician listening to a patient - headline says "Migrant Health Centers Can Use Federal Funding to Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Resilience"

Renai offered up this fact sheet, available in Spanish and English, from Health and Human Services, on how migrant health centers can use Inflation Reduction Act funds to ready their community for emergencies while reducing their climate impact. Migrant Health Centers Can Use Federal Funding to Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Resilience

bar dividerWhite-feathered hen looking to the right - headline says "Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us."

Amy recommended this piece from KFF Health News, which focuses on worker health, workers’ barriers to care, and the need for outreach and a worker-focused approach. Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests. It’s a Problem for All of Us.

bar divider View of a crop field - headline says "EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk"

Weekly Win: The Environmental Protection Agency suspended a pesticide that causes birth defects when pregnant women are exposed. "This emergency decision is a great first step that we hope will be in a series of others that are based on listening to farmworkers, protecting our reproductive health, and safeguarding our families,” said Mily Treviño Sauceda, Executive Director of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas in the EPA press release. EPA Issues Emergency Order to Stop Use of Pesticide Dacthal to Address Serious Health Risk

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Have a safe and healthy weekend!