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MCN Five on Friday

Five on Friday | January 20, 2017 - Special Pre-Inauguration Issue: Immigrant Justice, Health Justice, and Climate Justice

Jan 20, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This Inauguration Weekend edition of Five on Friday is especially geared for clinicians who are needing more resources to best serve their migrating and underserved patients. Many immigrant and…
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In the Field: MCN’s Annual Strategic Meeting & Retreat

Jan 12, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last weekend, staff from all four satellite offices descended upon Migrant Clinicians Network headquarters in Austin for our annual retreat. We finally embraced with coworkers who we rarely get to…
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Five on Friday | January 06, 2017

Jan 6, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This weekend, Migrant Clinicians Network staff and Board of Directors are gathering in Austin, Texas for our annual retreat. We’re going to celebrate the great success that we had in 2016 -- and plan…
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Five on Friday | December 30, 2016

Dec 30, 2016
By: Jimena De Leija
Happy New Year to our MCN supporters! At MCN offices across the country, we’re bundling up to keep the December chill out. Our thoughts quickly turn to those who live in homes that can’t keep the…
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Five on Friday | December 23, 2016

Dec 23, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
As we begin the countdown to the end of the year, we at Migrant Clinicians Network are celebrating the good work we have completed this year -- and we’re already revving up for a very busy and lively…
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Why this year’s International Migrants Day is different than all those that came before

Dec 19, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday was International Migrants Day, a day observed internationally every year. This year, it’s different, with new political landscapes and changing socioeconomic pressures. This year is…
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Five on Friday | December 16, 2016

Dec 16, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday to you! Here are five pieces that caught our attention at our Migrant Clinicians Network offices this week. What did you read? Share it with us on Facebook or Twitter.Alma, Senior…
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In the Field: Battling TB Across Borders in Central Asia

Dec 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Remember last week when Deliana Garcia reported out from a trip to Mexico City? A few days later, she journeyed 23 long hours to reach Kazakhstan, the largest post-Soviet nation of Central Asia and…
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Clear On the Cost - MCN's New Project

Dec 13, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
How many underserved or mobile patients give up on their treatment plan, because they find they can’t afford it? How well informed were those patients of the long term costs, before treatment began?…
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Five on Friday | December 9, 2016

Dec 9, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We’re sledding down into colder days! As we ease into the holiday season, I can’t help but think of the millions of people who aren’t with their families as they migrate for work, for safety, for…
Fall Streamline newsletter

Three Reasons To Read the New Issue of Streamline

Dec 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Perhaps this post’s title is a bit too boastful, but we couldn’t help it! We are proud to announce the launch our newest issue of Streamline, Migrant Clinicians Network’s quarterly clinical…
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Impact of the Presidential Election on Farmworker Communities: Update from Farmworker Justice

Dec 6, 2016
By: Farmworker Justice
Many farmworkers and their families face an uncertain fate due to the results of the U.S. presidential and Congressional elections. There are nearly two and a half million seasonal farmworkers in…
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In the Field: Deliana Garcia at the TB Caucus of the Americas in Mexico City

Dec 1, 2016
By: Carmen Vélez Vega
The Global TB Caucus is an international network of legislators who have united around the common commitment to put an end to tuberculosis. One of the principles on which the Caucus bases its work…
MCN Giving Tuesday

Why does the WHO think Zika’s no longer a global health emergency, while it’s still spreading?

Nov 30, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Monday, Texas health authorities reported its first case of locally transmitted Zika. Just 10 days earlier, the World Health Organization (WHO) topped the public health news feeds with its…
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Putting my money where my mouth is: Supporting Farmworker Health through MCN on #GivingTuesday

Nov 28, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Thursday, like thousands of Americans, I peeled sweet potatoes and smothered them with marshmallows. It’s an odd sort of Thanksgiving dish -- how marshmallows ended up in a side dish, and not a…
MCN Giving Tuesday

Tomorrow, it’s #PumpkinPie, but on #GivingTuesday? It’s all about Migrant Clinicians Network

Nov 23, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and the house smells like pie. It’s tempting to run away from the headlines, from the flashing TV screens, announcing the latest (and often even more upsetting)…
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Thanksgiving week -- early edition

Nov 23, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant health justice has never been more relevant, more salient, or more urgent. On this Thanksgiving week, we send our deep gratitude to the millions of farmworkers who migrate every few weeks…
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Five on Friday | November 18, 2016

Nov 18, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
While Trump continues to dominate the headlines, migrant health advocates are hard at work preparing for the new Administration’s potential policies and actions. We at MCN are dedicated to…
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The Second Annual Women’s Conference

Nov 16, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Timing couldn’t have been better for the second annual Women’s Conference on Saturday, November 12th, hosted by the Consulate General of Mexico in Austin through the Ministry of Mexicans Living…
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New ACA Rule: How do you say “nondiscrimination” in Amharic?

Nov 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
How do you say “nondiscrimination” in Amharic? New ACA Rule Requires Postings in Top 15 Languages for Each State Last month, a new Federal policy went into effect that requires “taglines” on their…
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Diabetes self-management in Washington State: Making it sustainable when funding runs out

Nov 14, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Diabetes care for underserved populations like migrant farmworkers can be challenging. Language barriers, work schedules, lack of transportation, fear of immigration status -- all keep patients with…
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Five on Friday | November 11, 2016

Nov 11, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
While the country’s major election dominated the headlines, other stories on the health needs of vulnerable populations slipped between the cracks. Here are a few articles that MCN staff shared…
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Migrant Clinicians Network Calls for Empathy and Renewed Commitment After Election

Nov 10, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, MCN’s CEO, Karen Mountain, RN, MSN,MBA sent out an all-staff email with the subject, “Taking Stock and Drawing a Breath.” “We probably will have many new challenges to face...but we have…
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MCN Comic: Working with farm animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy

Nov 10, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network is proud to release the new comic book, Working with farm animals: Keeping Yourself, Your Family, and Your Community Healthy, offered in English and in Spanish.…
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In the Field: Deliana Garcia at Union World Conference on Lung Health

Nov 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tuberculosis continues to kill two million people each year -- and that’s two million too many. This ancient disease, which is inexpensive to treat and cure, has been a focal point of Migrant…
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Five on Friday | November 4, 2016

Nov 4, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migration continues to be above-the-fold news. Recent reports at the US-Mexico border fortify earlier speculations that 2016 will post greater migration attempts than even 2014, as Central American…