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#Amplify Health Justice: 24 hours to donate to MCN through @AmplifyATX

Feb 28, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Participants at a health fair organized by Ventanilla de Salud, MCN, and the Consulate General of Mexico, Austin. Austin: It’s not only the incubator of groundbreaking music for the entire…
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A Child's Ear Surgery, A Family's Migration: Health Network in Action

Feb 27, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Retta, Health Network Associate While Health Network is available for any patient regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity, and for any health condition, it’s rare that we receive an…
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Five on Friday: Farmworkers and Mental Health

Feb 22, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Another very busy week here at MCN! We always find a moment or two to share pieces that we think are relevant to our work. Here are a few that you might find useful as well. Amy shared…
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MCN Strategic Planning Meeting

Feb 20, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Over the weekend, 23 MCN staff members and all eight of our board members gathered in Austin, Texas for a weekend of strategic planning. The meetings, held on Saturday and Sunday with the board…
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Five on Friday: Puerto Rico Rations Water

Feb 15, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today and through the weekend, the Migrant Clinicians Network team gathers in Austin for a strategic planning weekend. While we’re knee-deep in Powerpoints and logic modeling, we hope you can…
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MCN Stands Up for a Ban on Chlorpyrifos in Maryland

Feb 14, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Sofia Carrasco Yesterday, Migrant Clinicians Network’s own Amy K. Liebman testified in front of Maryland’s House Environment and Transportation Committee in support of HB 275 for a Maryland-…
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Five on Friday: The Workers Behind Valentine's Day

Feb 8, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Valentine’s Day is sneaking up on us. Homemade cards with love poems in cursive are the preferred gift over here, but if you decide to go the flowers-and-chocolates route, don’t forget about…
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A Hotel Housekeeper, A Needle Stick, A Hepatitis C Diagnosis: Case Study from the Clinician Consultation Center

Feb 7, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc, Clinical Director of the Clinician Consultation Center A provider called the PEPline to discuss baseline testing results regarding a 58-year-old woman who works in…
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Five on Friday: Black History Month

Feb 1, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
One of the consequential migrations of U.S. history (of which there are many) is the Great Migration, when over six million African-Americans left the South in search of better and safer lives…
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Wintertime at the Hospital: Flu Shots, RSV, and the 2019 Influenza Season

Jan 30, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH As many of us in health centers and hospitals around the country can attest, we are in the midst of the flu season. Seasonal flu activity typically occurs between…
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In the Field: MCN and Rebirth Inc Team Up for Training of Trainers Workshop

Jan 29, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Over the weekend, MCN continued their project “Filling the Gap in Worker Training: Capacity Building for Occupational Safety and Health” by holding a Training of Trainers workshop for Rebirth,…
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Five on Friday: Migrant Health is Public Health

Jan 25, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! MCN staff had lots to share this week regarding the health of the vulnerable populations that we seek to help, including coal workers, trafficked women, and refugees…
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Climate Change: New England Journal of Medicine Asks Clinicians to Act

Jan 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Do clinicians have a role in addressing climate change? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine features an explosive perspective piece calling on clinicians to lead the fight. In “Climate…
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Five on Friday: The EPA Reverses Rollback

Jan 18, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Friday has arrived! We are ready for the weekend, but before we go, here’s our weekly rundown of articles and announcements about health justice, recommended by our MCN staff. Amy…
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Social Determinants of Health, Disaster Preparation, and PRAPARE: Streamline's New Issue

Jan 16, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It’s been two months since the Camp Fire rushed through Paradise, California, leaving 86 people dead and thousands of people homeless. In an opinion piece published in STAT News last week, MCN’…
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Five on Friday: Opioids in Puerto Rico

Jan 11, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy Friday! We’re ready to float into a quiet winter weekend. How about you? Before you do, why not catch up on a few recommended articles and resources about health justice from MCN staff…
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Dr. Ed Zuroweste: What is a climate migrant, and how do we care for them?

Jan 9, 2019
By: Brenda Ramirez
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Ed Zuroweste, MD, Co-Chief Medical Officer, published an op-ed in STAT News detailing the rise of climate migrants -- those who are moving because climate…
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Dr. Laszlo Madaras on Immigration: Care and Respect is Part of the American Character

Jan 8, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
What a difference a half-century makes. 50 years ago in the fall of 1968, I arrived in America as a young boy, and my family was not very different from many of those waiting at the US-Mexico…
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Five on Friday: Looking ahead

Jan 4, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Happy New Year! May 2019 bring health and happiness -- and justice. We’re working hard to bring health justice to the mobile poor in the new year, and we’re grateful for all of your support as…
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Five on Friday: End of the Year

Dec 28, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
We’ve made it: It’s the last Five on Friday of the year! We asked MCN staff to offer up their favorite health justice and migrant health resources this year -- and the results flooded in. So,…
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Five on Friday: Adequate Care at the Border

Dec 21, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
While many friends and colleagues in the field are preparing to take time off, we still found plenty of health justice news to talk about this week. What health justice stories and resources…
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Structural Differential: New England Journal of Medicine Features Maine Migrant Health

Dec 19, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today, the New England Journal of Medicine published “Structural Differential -- A 32-Year-Old Man with Persistent Wrist Pain,” the first in a series of case studies in social medicine that the…
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Seven-Year-Old Migrant Girl’s Death: How to bring basic humanitarian aid to the border

Dec 18, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
It is a heartbreaking refugee story: A seven-year-old girl, Jakelin Caal Maquin, and her father leave the family behind in a destitute village in Guatemala, to take a dangerous journey in…
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Five on Friday: Human Rights Week

Dec 14, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social…
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Puerto Rico: Strengthening Relationships, Building Community to Prepare for the Next Disaster

Dec 11, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“ the importance of including the needs of the community and the importance of helping the community to build their own ." -Participant in Mobilizing Communities in Puerto Rico to Meet the…
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Clinician Action Today: Why Public Charge Affects Public Health

Dec 10, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the final day for public comments on the Trump Administration’s proposed changes to public charge. Despite the proposal not yet being into effect, the consequences are already being felt…