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Five on Friday changes to public charge

Five on Friday: Changes to Public Charge Face Criticism

Dec 6, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
December’s colder and longer nights encourage a few more minutes of reading with a cup of tea by the fire. Why not incorporate some health justice readings into those couch cuddles? Don’t…
In the spotlight: Robert Corona

In the Spotlight: Robert Corona, Health Network Associate

Dec 5, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“Rob is able to see everything through a social justice lens and still challenge things in such a gentle way.” – Deliana Garcia Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues Robert…
Militarization of Mexican border

Militarization on the Border: Professor Timothy Dunn on the History and Implications for Health

Dec 4, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Assuring health justice for the mobile poor, including asylum seekers and refugees, starts with an immigration strategy that prioritizes health and well-being. As we’ve seen in recent months,…
Five on Friday fleeing venezuela

Five on Friday: Fleeing Venezuela

Nov 29, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network is small but mighty. One of our strengths is our geographical reach, with clinician partners across the US and beyond. Our staff are equally as diverse in location.…
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Position Statement: Migrants and Refugee Seekers Deserve Asylum Claim Process, Not Tear Gas

Nov 26, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
(photo by Karl Hoffman) Yesterday, Customs and Border Protection agents fired tear gas into a crowd of migrants near the Tijuana-San Diego port of entry, after some, participating in a protest,…
Five on Friday Giving Thanks

Five on Friday: Giving Thanks

Nov 22, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving weekend, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few…
New study, oral health

New Study: Oral Health is One of Mobile Agricultural Workers’ “Greatest Unmet Health Needs”

Nov 21, 2018
By: Elaine Penn
By Ileana Maria Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Executive Director, Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of mobile…
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Five on Friday: Immigrant Health in Disaster Zones

Nov 15, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
How did that happen? It feels like November has just begun, yet somehow we are already just days before Thanksgiving. Before you rush out to buy a can of cranberry sauce, take a minute to read…
In the spotlight: Alma Colmenero

In the Spotlight: Alma Colmenero, Health Network Associate

Nov 14, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
photo credit: Robert Corona “Alma is dedicated to her work. She’s a hard worker and reliable. She’s a very caring person, which is carried into her work. I know her patients are in good hands…
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Giving Tuesday: Four Ways You Can Help Migrants and Refugees with Health Network

Nov 13, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network, Migrant Clinicians Network’s unique bridge case management system, saves lives, hundreds of lives, every year. People like Maria*, who needed surgery on her leg after being…
Five on Friday Response plan for puerto rico

Five on Friday: Response Plan for Puerto Rico

Nov 12, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday to you! We made it through another nail-biter of a week in migrant health, and we’re grateful to roll into the weekend at long last. Here are five articles that MCN staff members…
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Reverse Diabetes with Plant-Based Diets: Two Doctors Invite You To Try

Nov 8, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Top four reasons why Latino patients are good candidates to go plant-based In 2012, Dr. Leon and Dr. Carral, who originally hail from Mexico, launched Vegetariano en 21…
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New Streamline Article: Hypertension During Disasters -- Lessons from Puerto Rico

Nov 7, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by CSM) “A patient had a stroke due to uncontrolled hypertension because his hypertension was untreated for two weeks and he was in continual stress. In this case, the doctor documents…
Farmworker harvests apples

MCN's New Worker Safety Project Serves the Haitian Community

Nov 6, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(Photo by Earl Dotter) Habacuc Petion’s father was working the midnight shift sanitizing at a chicken processing plant when his hand caught on the conveyor belt. Petion’s father suffered a broken…
Five on Friday Keeping Hope

Five on Friday: Keeping Hope

Nov 5, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Amidst it all, we still have hope. This week, Deliana, MCN’s Director of International Projects and Emerging Issues, shared a timeless quote on hope from Vaclav Havel, the playwright and…
Del at TB meeting in The Hague

In the Field: Next Steps in Worldwide TB Elimination at the Union Conference

Oct 31, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Deliana Garcia presenting to legislators from across the Americas on the importance of effective #TB care for migrants. Last week’s Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in The Hague, was…
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Voces Fuertes Benefit Concert: “We See You And We Care”

Oct 30, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“For the past two years, we’ve heard from clinicians all over the country variations on this theme, which is ‘my patients are experiencing increasing levels of fear and stress; the families that…
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MCN Statement on Recent Shooting in Pittsburgh

Oct 29, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We at Migrant Clinicians Network are horrified and saddened by the recent mass shooting in which 11 people were killed in Pittsburgh. Hate of the “other” has once again resulted in a devastating…
Clinician talking with patient

Witnessing: How Clinicians Can Move From Traumatic Stress to Empowerment While Serving Their Immigrant Patients

Oct 25, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
(photo by Earl Dotter) When Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, first entered clinical practice as a psychologist and family therapist in 1970s Boston, she began to notice a common theme among her work with…
Five on Friday Voces Fuertes

Five on Friday: Voces Fuertes

Oct 25, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It’s Lead Poisoning Prevention Week. Lead poisoning is the most common disease of toxic environmental origin among children in the United States today -- and the risk of lead exposure remains…
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On the Path to Health Justice: Marysel Pagán Santana

Oct 24, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
By Claire Hutkins-Seda Irma, Jeanne, Hugo. Bertha, Dean, Otto. Over the last 30 years, Puerto Rico has seen numerous devastating hurricanes, but last year’s Hurricane Maria was the most deadly,…
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From Maria to Michael: How Communities Can Respond After Disaster

Oct 18, 2018
By: Anonymous
(photo by CSM) By Marysel Pagán Santana, MS, DrPHc, MCN’s Puerto Rico Program Manager “The job they’ve done in Florida has been incredible.” -President Trump after Hurricane Michael, Time.com,…
Five on Friday PR waits for dialysis

Five on Friday: Puerto Rico Waits for Dialysis

Oct 18, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Breast Cancer Awareness Month ribbons the nation with pink, to remind us how breast cancer affects so many of our friends and family, and to push us to support worthy organizations working to…
Kids on playground

Celebrate Children's Health Month by Empowering Farmworker Parents to Protect their Childrens' Health

Oct 15, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Every day, children are accosted with a barrage of parental nags, primarily aimed at keeping children safe and healthy: look both ways; tie your shoe; don’t talk to strangers; eat your…
Five on Friday Health Care or Residency?

Five on Friday: Health Care or Residency?

Oct 11, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
One year ago this week, #metoo went viral. Its impact was immediate; many were for the first time talking publicly about experiencing sexual violence. Thousands of news articles and millions of…
Jill and Del with Voces Fuertes

Berkeley Benefit Concert: Youth Support MCN Through Activism

Oct 9, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last month, 30 teenagers from around Berkeley, California, piled onto couches and squatted on shag carpeting in a rec room of a local Presbyterian church. They had been listening to Deliana…