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Why Tuberculosis Bacilli Love the Climate Crisis

Why Tuberculosis Bacilli Love the Climate Crisis

Mar 23, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Climate disasters are wrecking crops, flooding neighborhoods, burning down infrastructure, and destroying economies. When combined with political instability, gang violence, economic collapse, or…
First 100 Days: Kim M. Nolte, MCN's new CEO, on the Challenges Ahead

First 100 Days: Kim M. Nolte, MCN's new CEO, on the Challenges Ahead

Mar 22, 2023
By: Kim Nolte
Migration has never been more complex. Recent projections estimate that migration is growing rapidly as a result of climate disasters like hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and wildfires.…
Five on Friday: Farmworkers and Skin Health

Five on Friday: Farmworkers and Skin Health

Mar 17, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
From Pajaro to COVID to skin cancer, this week, MCN staff shared the latest in migrant health. Here is a selection of the pieces recommended by MCNers for this week's Five on Friday. Kaethe…
Emanie Dorival, 2022 winner of the Kugel-Zuroweste Health Justice Award, sits at the desk in her clinic.

Kugel & Zuroweste Award Winner Emanie Dorival: Rising Star, On a Mission

Mar 15, 2023
By: Ashley-Michelle Papon
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) is proud to announce the selection of Emanie Dorival, CRNP, as the third recipient of the annual Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award. Named after Candace…
Five on Friday 3/10

Five on Friday: COVID's Third-Year Anniversary

Mar 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’ve arrived at Friday, at last! If you have a Saturday/Sunday weekend, you may be eager to head out the door. Before you do, take a look at some of the excellent and important reads that we at…
Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Fair Food Program: Five-Day March in Florida to Build Support for Human Rights, Dignity, Worker Protections, and Fairer Wages for Farmworkers

Mar 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
On March 14th, farmworkers and their allies will begin a five-day Build a New World march across Florida to bring awareness to farmworker abuse and celebrate the efforts that farmworkers are taking…
¡Wepa!: Shining the Spotlight on MCN Staff Superstars for International Women's Day

¡Wepa!: Shining the Spotlight on MCN Staff Superstars for International Women's Day

Mar 8, 2023
By: Ashley-Michelle Papon
¡Wepa! The virtual halls of MCN are ringing with the celebratory word, common in Puerto Rico, and regularly used here at MCN to celebrate our accomplishments. With today being International Women's…
Five on Friday: Migrant Child Labor Exploited Across the U.S.

Five on Friday: Migrant Child Labor Exploited Across the U.S.

Mar 3, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As usual, key issues that MCN staff are pushing forward – from migrant health, to climate justice, to COVID care for marginalized people – were all over the news. Here are some key articles you may…
Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Two Very Different Islands Grapple with Growing Crops in the Age of Climate Change

Mar 2, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
The distance between St. Croix, one of the US Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico is less than an hour by flight, and yet the agriculture on the two Caribbean islands are worlds away. In Puerto Rico,…
Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Trainings on COVID, Again? How MCN’s Engaging, Useful Learning Collaborative Breaks Free of the COVID Learning Burnout

Feb 28, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
When Migrant Clinicians Network proposed to run a four-part learning collaborative for the promotores at Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) across the country, even the National Coordinator of the VdS,…
Five on Friday: Special Podcast Edition 2023

Five on Friday: Special Podcast Edition 2023

Feb 24, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Many of our Five on Friday recommendations are visual: peer-reviewed journal articles, news pieces, the occasional video. Sometimes, though, we would like to learn more while chopping vegetables or…
Migrant Clinicians Network Welcomes Kim M. Nolte, MPH, MCHES as New CEO

Migrant Clinicians Network Welcomes Kim M. Nolte, MPH, MCHES as New CEO

Feb 20, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network enthusiastically welcomed Kim M. Nolte, MPH, MCHES to our team as MCN’s Chief Executive Officer. Nolte brings to MCN extensive experience working at the global,…
Five on Friday: Addressing Farmworker Mental Health and Food Security

Five on Friday: Addressing Farmworker Mental Health and Food Security

Feb 17, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
It's Friday! Time to peek into the inboxes of MCN staff members and see what they're sharing about migrant and immigrant health this week. Aníbal shared the latest attempts by Florida to spend…
New Resource: Manual on Designing Community-Based Communication Campaigns, in English & Spanish

New Resource: Manual on Designing Community-Based Communication Campaigns, in English & Spanish

Feb 16, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
COVID pandemic funding is winding down across the country, but pandemic-era communication troubles remain. Trust in public health authorities has stayed low; health misinformation continues to…
Relationship and Connection Aren’t Just for Lovers. Consider Co-Regulation with Pets and Nature

Relationship and Connection Aren’t Just for Lovers. Consider Co-Regulation with Pets and Nature

Feb 14, 2023
By: Kaethe Weingarten
In the United States, stores have been filled with heart-shaped chocolate boxes, red plastic roses, and teddy bears since the first week in January – signals that Valentine’s Day, celebrated on…
Five on Friday: Protection for Immigrant Workers Who Report Violations

Five on Friday: Protection for Immigrant Workers Who Report Violations

Feb 10, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We made it to Friday again! Before you dive into your weekend, we invite you to read a few news articles from this week that you may have missed, offered up by MCN staff. Kaethe found an…
What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

What Are PFAS, and How Do These "Forever Chemicals" Impact Farmworker Communities? MCN and Farmworker Justice Weigh In.

Feb 9, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We write on behalf of Farmworker Justice and Migrant Clinicians Network to urge you to support Senate Bill 158, Pesticide Registration - PFAS Testing – Requirements. Farmworker Justice is a…
COVID Emergency Declarations Are Ending. What Happens to Migrant & Immigrant Health and Health Access?

COVID Emergency Declarations Are Ending. What Happens to Migrant & Immigrant Health and Health Access?

Feb 6, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of January, the Biden Administration announced that federal emergency declarations around COVID-19 will expire on May 11, 2023. The emergency declarations paved the way for numerous…
Five on Friday: Health and Safety Guidelines for Domestic Workers

Five on Friday: Health and Safety Guidelines for Domestic Workers

Feb 3, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Five on Friday is a compilation of new research, articles, resources, and more on health justice and migrant health that our MCN team recommends. Here’s this week’s edition, including a double…
Hui Hoaka: One Health Center’s Response to COVID Reduces Food Insecurity, Build Community

Hui Hoaka: One Health Center’s Response to COVID Reduces Food Insecurity, Build Community

Feb 2, 2023
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Hui Hoaka Wins SDOH Academy’s Innovation Showcase First Prize In early 2022, the SDOH Academy launched its very first competition for health centers, asking them to highlight…
Some Tips to Handle Watching or Listening to Disturbing Material

Some Tips to Handle Watching or Listening to Disturbing Material

Jan 28, 2023
By: Kaethe Weingarten
We are all very often in the position of witnessing terrible events. Sometimes we have control of whether we listen or watch something disturbing, and sometimes witnessing is thrust upon us. In…
Five on Friday: The Bivalent Booster Outperforms

Five on Friday: The Bivalent Booster Outperforms

Jan 27, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Almost February? Already? The last weekend of January has snuck up on us. Enjoy these updates in migrant and immigrant health, shared by MCN staff this week, as you head into the weekend. Amy…
Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Health Needs after Senseless Violence: MCN Response to Half Moon Bay Farmworker Shootings

Jan 24, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Yesterday, a farmworker allegedly opened fire on his coworkers in the greenhouses and farmworker housing of a mushroom farm in Half Moon Bay, a small coastal town not far from San Francisco,…
Five on Friday: COVID-19 Vaccines and Sudden Deaths

Five on Friday: COVID-19 Vaccines and Sudden Deaths

Jan 20, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday! Here's our weekly Five on Friday, where we select five pieces that MCN staff have shared. Have a great weekend! Amy recommends this new study cowritten by the Coalition of…
Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Jan 19, 2023
By: Amy Liebman
Migrant Clinicians Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to health justice. We have two primary audiences: the frontline clinicians who serve immigrants, and the immigrant and migrant…
Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Jan 18, 2023
By: Laszlo Madaras
When the emergency department received 16-year-old Jorge,* he was unresponsive and intubated. He was found among many dead migrants in the back of a truck in extreme heat, at the US-Mexico border…