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Migrant Clinicians Network Welcomes New Board Members, Sends Gratitude to Board Members Finishing Their Terms

Migrant Clinicians Network Welcomes New Board Members, Sends Gratitude to Board Members Finishing Their Terms

Jun 13, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network is pleased to welcome four new members to its Board of Directors. Last year, the Board of Directors voted to change its bylaws to expand the roster from nine to 16…
Five on Friday: Climate, Masks, and Cholera

Five on Friday: Climate, Masks, and Cholera

Jun 7, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN’s staff and many of our board members are getting together in Austin this weekend for our Strategic Planning Meeting, but we can’t miss a week of Five on Friday! Check out our picks for this…
Border Shut Down Endangers the Health of Migrants: Migrant Clinicians Network Statement

Border Shut Down Endangers the Health of Migrants: Migrant Clinicians Network Statement

Jun 5, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, President Biden signed an executive order that significantly restricts the ability for people arriving at the US Southern border from asking for asylum. Under the order, no asylum…
Building Climate Resilience and Health in the Face of Hurricanes in Caribbean Agricultural Communities

Building Climate Resilience and Health in the Face of Hurricanes in Caribbean Agricultural Communities

Jun 5, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s the start of June, which kicks off the Atlantic hurricane season – and this year’s hurricane season is predicted to be dangerous. Hot ocean waters strengthen hurricanes, and the waters in the…
Renai Edwards, MPH Joins Migrant Clinicians Network as Director of Training and Technical Assistance

Renai Edwards, MPH Joins Migrant Clinicians Network as Director of Training and Technical Assistance

Jun 3, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network welcomed Renai Edwards, MPH to the team as our new Director of Training and Technical Assistance. Edwards comes to MCN with a wealth of experience in…
Five on Friday: Heat, H5N1, and More

Five on Friday: Heat, H5N1, and More

May 31, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back! It is another concerning week on the avian flu front, but we have two Weekly Wins at the end to lift your spirits! Join us in reading our picks for Five on Friday! Robert sent in…
Common Immigration Narratives and Their Distressing Effect

Common Immigration Narratives and Their Distressing Effect

May 30, 2024
By: Kaethe Weingarten
The 2024 election cycle is in full swing and along with it is a steady stream of rhetoric against immigration and immigrants themselves. For those of us who work with immigrants, whether or not we…
Five on Friday: New Strategies for New Arrivals

Five on Friday: New Strategies for New Arrivals

May 24, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Summertime is here! Before you head to a BBQ or pool party, why not read up on the latest and greatest in migrant health? Here is this week’s selection of reads and views, recommended by MCN staff…
New Comic Book: Protecting Respiratory Health from Bad Air

New Comic Book: Protecting Respiratory Health from Bad Air

May 23, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network released its brand-new comic book in Spanish, “Nadie sabe que repira…¡Hasta que le falta el aire!” and translated the comic book into English, “Clear the Air…
Five on Friday: Migration Routes and Health Threats

Five on Friday: Migration Routes and Health Threats

May 17, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! This week has been a busy one, but we’re excited to go into the weekend with our new selection of articles, resources, and podcasts to check out! Panama’s next…
Five on Friday: Mother's Day 2024

Five on Friday: Mother's Day 2024

May 10, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! This weekend, we celebrate two Mother's Days. While the United States, Colombia, Venezuela, and several other countries and celebrate Mother's Day on Sunday, Mexico…
Understanding and Responding to Climate Migration through a Health Equity Lens: New Peer-Reviewed Article

Understanding and Responding to Climate Migration through a Health Equity Lens: New Peer-Reviewed Article

May 9, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The climate crisis collides with migrant health at each stage of migration. In a new open-access article entitled “The Climate Migrant: Health Risks Before, During, and After Migration,” and…
Five on Friday: Time100 Most Influential People in Health

Five on Friday: Time100 Most Influential People in Health

May 3, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! This week, we’re celebrating our CEO Kim’s inclusion in the Time100 Most Influential People in Health list and sharing important stories about infectious diseases…
Migrant Clinicians Network CEO Kim Nolte Recognized as 100 Most Influential People in Global Health in 2024

Migrant Clinicians Network CEO Kim Nolte Recognized as 100 Most Influential People in Global Health in 2024

May 2, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Congratulations to Kim Nolte, MPH, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Executive Officer, for being named as one of the top 100 people in global health in 2024 by TIME Magazine, through their…
Five on Friday: Workplace Safety and Health Justice for All

Five on Friday: Workplace Safety and Health Justice for All

Apr 26, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! Each week we look at five links sent in by MCN staff members and share them out to you! Theressa recommends NACHC’s webinar, “Emergency Preparedness Compliance =…
Evaluating (and Increasing) Happiness: Practical Ideas from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD

Evaluating (and Increasing) Happiness: Practical Ideas from Kaethe Weingarten, PhD

Apr 24, 2024
By: Kaethe Weingarten
The annual World Happiness Report is based on responses to a single-question survey that asks respondents in 130 countries to think of a ladder, where the highest rung on the ladder, 10,…
Five on Friday: Dangers for Food and Farm Workers

Five on Friday: Dangers for Food and Farm Workers

Apr 19, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday – our weekly selection of content we think you need to see! This week, we look at a few series threats to farm and food workers, including wildfires, climate change,…
Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Apr 17, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has arrived in dairy farms in eight states across the United States in recent weeks. One dairy worker became infected with avian flu when the virus jumped from…
Five on Friday: PFAS, Pollution, and Pesticide

Five on Friday: PFAS, Pollution, and Herbicide

Apr 12, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Welcome back to Five on Friday! Every week, we collect must-read stories from our staff to share them with you! This week, we look at PFAS, pollution, pesticides, and more. Dacthal, an…
Humanitarian Care Access Network: Bringing the Most Vulnerable to Care

Humanitarian Care Access Network: Bringing the Most Vulnerable to Care

Apr 11, 2024
By: Robert Kinnaird
For decades, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) has worked for change at the US Southern border to ensure that people entering the country receive adequate health care. Health Network, our virtual…
Five on Friday: National Public Health Week 2024

Five on Friday: National Public Health Week 2024

Apr 5, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s National Public Health Week! Here are some articles that MCN staff shared this week, to keep you up to date in the world of public health, at the intersection of migration and health justice.…
Health Network: Enabling Heart Surgery for a Young Asylum-Seeking Migrant

Health Network: Enabling Heart Surgery for a Young Asylum-Seeking Migrant

Apr 4, 2024
By: Robert Kinnaird
Children of immigrants, even those with US citizenship, can face significant barriers to accessing health care. Lola* was born in Texas with both atrial and ventricular septal defects that…
Five on Friday: Farmworker Awareness Week 2024

Five on Friday: Farmworker Awareness Week 2024

Mar 29, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We are wrapping up National Farmworker Awareness Week here at MCN with lots of social media posts on articles and resources that you can use to learn about and support the health of farmworkers.…
What Does It Mean to Show Up? Practical Advice When Others Are Struggling

What Does It Mean to Show Up? Practical Advice When Others Are Struggling

Mar 28, 2024
By: Kaethe Weingarten
I have spent a good deal of my writing life exploring facets of the domain of sorrow. I have also often illustrated the experience of sorrow with material from my own life, for, as my doctors…
Farmworker Awareness Week: New “Adults Get Vaccinated Too!” Resources in Spanish and English

Farmworker Awareness Week: New “Adults Get Vaccinated Too!” Resources in Spanish and English

Mar 27, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Every year, preventable illnesses harm migrant farmworkers because they have not had routine vaccines. Illnesses like tetanus, meningitis, COVID-19, and the flu can be prevented, or their severity…
Five on Friday: World TB Day 2024

Five on Friday: World TB Day 2024

Mar 22, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This Sunday, March 24th, is World TB Day. Tuberculosis is still killing 1.3 million people each year. This is unacceptable. Many of these deaths are preventable -- we have the drugs to cure TB! But…