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Digging Deeper: The Real Reason the H-2A Program is Expanding in Florida

Feb 22, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
NPR recently aired a story, “Guest Workers, Legal Yet Not Quite Free, Pick Florida’s Oranges” that featured an H-2A worker, otherwise known as an agricultural guestworker. In an interview at the…
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Five on Friday | February 19, 2016

Feb 19, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our Five on Friday blog posts are always a joyous reminder of how many organizations and individuals are working toward the same goals: health justice, a voice for marginalized populations like the…
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Visiting Scholar: Li Ling

Feb 18, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This quarter, Migrant Clinicians Network is hosting Li Ling, PhD, a visiting scholar focused on migrant health policy and public health in her home country of China. Dr. Ling is enjoying a multi-…
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Kevin Keaney: Leader in the Field

Feb 17, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In its current issue, the Journal of Agromedicine celebrated the work of Kevin Keaney, chief of US Environmental Protection Agency’s Certification and Worker Protection Branch. Keaney is a driving…
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2015 Year in Review: MCN’s hard work… all on one page

Feb 16, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Earlier this month, we released our 2015 Year in Review, which highlights some incredible facts and figures on Migrant Clinicians Network’s programs and services and the voluminous and much-needed…
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Five on Friday | February 12, 2016

Feb 12, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Anniversary, Five on Friday! It was a year ago this week that we began to send out our weekly recommendations from staff. What recommendation in the last year do you remember most? Here are…
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MCN’s External Advisory Board: Celebrating one year!

Feb 11, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, we celebrate the one year anniversary of Migrant Clinicians Network’s External Advisory Board, which we established to promote cross-disciplinary collaboration, and to give expert advice…
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MCN in the News: Benefits of Providing Childcare for Farmworkers

Feb 10, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Yesterday, Capital Press, an agricultural news weekly, published an article on the benefits of providing childcare for children of agricultural workers. This article highlights Protecting Children…
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On the Path to Migrant Health: Peter Mann-King, from Honduras to Pittsburgh

Feb 9, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“In 2011, I moved down to la frontera,” between Honduras and El Salvador, recalled Peter Mann-King, to work with the non-profit Hombro a Hombro/Shoulder to Shoulder, where he worked in “a really…
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Five on Friday | February 5, 2016

Feb 5, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Hooray for Friday! Here’s something to bring with you into the weekend: this week’s news and notes, from MCN staff, on migrant health and beyond. Be sure to sign up for our blog to receive updates in…
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From border crossing to heartland trafficking: a clinician’s take

Feb 4, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, the Washington Post ran a front-page article about immigrant children who, having crossed the US-Mexico border unaccompanied, were apprehended by federal authorities. But instead of being…
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A clinician’s perspective on Zika, plus: “Zika virus: What do we know about it, and how can it be contained?” in English & Spanish

Feb 3, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
On Monday, Zika virus was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. The ongoing outbreak, which is expected to spread, reminds us of the importance of a thorough medical history,…
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Five on Friday | January 29, 2016

Jan 29, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
While in the MCN offices we celebrated the awarding of the Cares Award to Health Network and the publication of our op-ed on tuberculosis, we kept our finger to the pulse of health justice in the US…
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Migrant Clinicians Network wins Premier Cares Award and $100,000 for its Health Network

Jan 28, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
CHARLOTTE, N.C. & AUSTIN, TEXAS (Jan. 28, 2016) — Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), a nonprofit dedicated to improving health for the poor, has received the 24th annual Monroe E. Trout Premier…
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MCN's Ed Zuroweste in Sacramento Bee: What if we give TB the same worldwide attention that we gave Ebola?

Jan 27, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, MCN’s Ed Zuroweste, MD published an opinion piece in the Sacramento Bee, calling on health authorities to give tuberculosis and its scary mutations, MDR- and XDR- TB, the same worldwide…
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Remembering Carolyn Davis, FNP

Jan 27, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
I first met Carolyn in 1997, when a group of us at MCN embarked on an epic journey in a rented RV from Austin, Texas to Ashville, North Carolina for another East Coast Migrant Stream Forum. I was…
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Five on Friday | January 22, 2016

Jan 22, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week’s Five on Friday is heavy on the bad news, shedding light on the incredible urgency of our work in health justice. While it can be challenging to read through the tough issues, it’s…
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What makes a strategic planning retreat successful? MCN shows you how!

Jan 20, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
MCN’s Board of Directors joined the entire MCN staff for a high-energy, joyful, yet focused multi-day strategic planning retreat in Austin, Texas earlier this week. Rosemary Sokas, MD, MOH, Board…
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In the Field: Nail Salon Worker Health & Safety with HOPE Clinic, Houston

Jan 19, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This week, I helped facilitate an exciting training at HOPE Clinic aimed at improving the health and safety of women who work in nail salons in and around Houston, Texas. I was joined by Amy Liebman…
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Five on Friday | January 15, 2016

Jan 15, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
A tumultuous week in US migrant news, with the border surge crisis intensifying while officials increased deportation operations. Meanwhile, worldwide, a record-high 60 million people were forced…
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In the Field: Social Determinants of Health in Washington State

Jan 12, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, Ileana Ponce-Gonzalez, MD, MPCH, CNC, Senior Advisor for Scientific and Strategic Planning at MCN, presented on the social determinants of diabetes in Washington State at the 2016…
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Call for Agricultural Workers Who Serve on a Health Center Board: Join the National Advisory Council on Migrant Health

Jan 11, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The National Advisory Council on Migrant Health (NACMH) is a multi-stakeholder board that provides recommendations to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) on key issues affecting…
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Five on Friday | January 8, 2016

Jan 8, 2016
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year from all of us at Migrant Clinicians Network! Here’s our weekly rundown of videos, programs, and news stories, on migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN’s own staff. 1.…
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Dairy workers’ immigration status: An occupational safety hazard?

Jan 7, 2016
By: Caitlin A. Fish J.D.
The American dairy farm has changed. The idyllic small family farm still gracing many milk cartons -- a few cows, rolling green hills, a red barn -- has largely been replaced by big farms with…
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What Patients Need to Know: Deportation

Jan 7, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Many clinicians are concerned for their patients’ well-being during the current US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) enforcement and removal operations. In the interest of keeping patients…
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Migrant Clinicians Network applauds the National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Calls for Funding

Jan 6, 2016
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) applauds the White House’s National Action Plan for Combating Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, which, if implemented, provides a clear and effective path forward to…