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‘What to Expect When Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine’ Editable Vaccine Resources in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole

Mar 31, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Given the local nature of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, there is a significant need for editable vaccine resources in multiple languages to reach refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities. MCN is…
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Winter Streamline: Strategies for Addressing Intimate Partner Violence During the Pandemic

Mar 30, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
IPV and COVID-19 Intimate partner violence is the physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse, according to the CDC. A recent…
Five on Friday: Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation

Five on Friday: Debunking COVID-19 Misinformation

Mar 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A busy Spring 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. Amy…
A clinician vaccinates a patient

Community Health Centers Step Up Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Mar 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Across the country, over two million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered at community health centers in the last eight weeks. More than half of those receiving the vaccines at community…
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#YoMeLaPuse: New Video & Poster to Celebrate COVID-19 Vaccinations

Mar 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Bright, multigenerational, uplifting, and celebratory, our new #YoMeLaPuse materials will bring a smile to patients’ faces and encourage vaccination in the Spanish-speaking community. In a short…
Five on Friday: Enforcement Efforts to Protect Workers

Five on Friday: Enforcement Efforts to Protect Workers

Mar 19, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s almost spring! For many of us who have been cooped up in our homes for many months, the outdoor rebirth of the year can’t come soon enough. Claire shared a new study that shows the “…
Migrant Clinicians Network Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Communities, Sex Workers, and Victims in Atlanta

Migrant Clinicians Network Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Communities, Sex Workers, and Victims in Atlanta

Mar 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network mourns with the families of the eight people killed in Atlanta this week during a mass shooting that appears to have primarily targeted members of the AAPI (Asian American…
Five on Friday: Weekly Win Edition

Five on Friday: Weekly Win Edition

Mar 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Every week, we bring you five pieces -- articles, resources, podcasts, research papers, videos, posters, you name it – that MCN staff members found helpful in their work, and that we hope you find…
Five on Friday: Clinicians' Human Rights

Five on Friday: Clinicians' Human Rights

Mar 5, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
March is here, and spring is making a beautiful debut in many fields and farms around the country – while holding back in other parts. As you head toward the weekend, whether into inches of snow or…
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COVID-19 Vaccine for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants: Building Trust on the Frontlines

Mar 4, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, experts in migrant health gathered as panelists on MCN’s webinar, COVID-19 Vaccines: A National Learning Session from the Frontlines of Refugee, Migrant, and Immigrant Health. Sharing…
Five on Friday: Climate Migration Keeps Growing

Five on Friday: Climate Migration Keeps Growing

Feb 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! Here are some updates from the world of public health and health justice, chosen by MCN staff members, that we hope you can use. Alma (in Massachusetts, one of two amazing…
Bottles of COVID-19 Vaccine

Q&A: One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Expands Opportunities to Prevent Death & Severe Disease

Feb 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Within the coming days or weeks, the FDA is expected to give emergency use authorization for the manufacture and sale of Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The new vaccine is largely…
A clinician vaccinates an older man

Reprint Q&A: What PCPs Need to Know About COVID-19 Vaccines

Feb 24, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Raghavendra Tirupathi, MD, FACP; Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, FAAFP; Ali Rabaan, PhD; and Prasannalaxmi Palabindela, MD The CDC estimates that, as of Jan. 5, more than 4.8 million people in the United…
Five on Friday: Removing Barriers to Vaccination

Five on Friday: Removing Barriers to Vaccination

Feb 19, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Many of our staff in Texas have been offline due to the storm, but MCN staff still had plenty to share – just mostly from staff members who don’t live in Texas. Lots of love and warmth to all of…
A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Health Department and Vaccine Clinic Considerations to Reach Migrant and Immigrant Workers: A COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility Checklist

Feb 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As hope remains that the availability of vaccines will grow, health departments and vaccine clinics must prepare to better serve hard-to-reach populations such as persons in the refugee,…
Five on Friday: Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Five on Friday: Overcoming COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy

Feb 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday is here again! MCN staff is hard at work to address health inequities among migrant, immigrant, and underserved populations. To that end, we share articles of interest among ourselves, and…
Five on Friday: Trauma and Exhaustion Among Health Care Workers

Five on Friday: Trauma and Exhaustion Among Health Care Workers

Feb 4, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. Don’t wait til the last minute – make sure you know where you’re buying your fair trade chocolate, to ensure that the goodies for your loved ones aren’t…
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Planning, Partnerships, and Perseverance: Overcoming Challenges on the COVID-19 Frontlines

Feb 3, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2020, while COVID-19 outbreaks were already hitting farms further south, Maine's late harvest window provided clinicians and public health workers a longer lead time to prepare and advocate…
Laszlo Madaras and colleague in PPE

750 COVID-19 Patients Later, A One-Year Milestone

Feb 2, 2021
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Dr. Laszlo Madaras We have now lived through a sad anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in the US, which was reported on January 20th, 2020. Just two weeks later, the first week of February…
Five on Friday: Visuals Help Tell the Story

Five on Friday: Visuals Help Tell the Story

Jan 28, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! Here are five articles shared by MCN staff this week, that perhaps you have missed. Amy shared "Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality at the County Level.” The…
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Serving Refugees, Immigrants, & Migrants When Virtual Isn't Possible: A COVID-19 Outreach Event Checklist

Jan 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The challenges of reaching refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities (RIM communities) have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. During a time when it is even more apparent that…
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President Biden's New Immigration Plan: Ambitious, Detailed, Hopeful

Jan 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ByTimothy Dunn, Immigration Scholar and Professor of Sociology at Salisbury University brief overview of Biden’s really impressive immigration plan that he will be unveiling this week. The most…
Five on Friday: Health Care Workers Need Our Support

Five on Friday: Health Care Workers Need Our Support

Jan 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Del shared this New York Times piece, which may be helpful when providing information to…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras receives COVID-19 vaccination

Eyes Wide Open, and Hopeful: On Receiving the Second COVID-19 Vaccine Injection, From a Hospitalist on the Frontlines

Jan 20, 2021
By: Jannette Nuñez
By: Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH I write this after having received the first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and anticipating the second injection of the same in a few hours. Some of my friends say I am…
Five on Friday: Focusing on Vaccination

Five on Friday: Focusing on Vaccination

Jan 15, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another busy week in the world of migrant health! Somehow, it’s already Friday. Time to round up five articles or resources that MCN staff shared. Here are our picks for the week. Karen…
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Top Six COVID-19 Resources for Vaccine Readiness for Immigrant and Migrant Communities

Jan 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Clinics, health centers, and health departments around the country are looking ahead to the vaccination of essential worker populations like farmworkers, who in many states are eligible for…