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MNC Vonnie Brown

Bringing Health Justice by Reframing Beliefs | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 14, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For agricultural workers, the end of May is the beginning -- crops are in the ground, and the busy growing season is ahead. For university students, however, May is an ending; it’s a time to…
MNC Eileen Eager

Health Justice as Charity | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 13, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This year, MCN celebrates its 30th anniversary, but just two years ago, our friends at Seton Center had their own 30th year in serving their migrant community in Princess Anne, Maryland. Sister…
MNC Charita Olabiyi

Everybody Smiles in the Same Language | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 12, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This Friday is the meeting of the Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker Advisory Council, organized by Westside Family Healthcare in Delaware. The council serves as a “common ground for direct service…
MNC Erika Peterson

Building Trust | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 11, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Two weeks ago, Health Network Manager Ricardo Garay left MCN’s Austin, Texas headquarters and headed to Eastern Shore Rural Health Systems, Inc., in Virginia, to present to clinicians on the ‘why…
MNC Jesus Reyna

Compassionate Care Across the World | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Our profile of LT Jesus Reyna, RN, for 30 Clinicians Making a Difference is a bit different than the others. When he was selected for the honor, Lieutenant Reyna was in West Africa as a…
MNC Megan Danielson

Delivering New Life and Hopeful Beginnings | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Tuesday was the annual International Day of the Midwife -- but this year seems... different, because midwifery seems more prominent in media than ever. Just last month, the royal couple delivered…

Five on Friday | May 8, 2015

May 8, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! We are really enjoying our daily blog posts highlighting our honored clinicians each day for 30 Clinicians Making a Difference, but the migrant health world certainly hasn’t stopped for…
MNC Hilton Perez

A Bridge Between Two Worlds | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 8, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On the north end of the Central Valley lies the mid-size college town of Chico, which is famous for its incredibly rich soils and for the acres and acres of almonds, walnuts, fruit trees, and…
MNC Julio Garay

Tuberculosis in El Salvador | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 7, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Although Migrant Clinicians Network works closely with clinicians within the US, much of our work at Health Network is done with our international counterparts. Health Network, MCN’s bridge case…
MNC John McFarland

Dental Health | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 6, 2015
By: Aníbal Yariel López Correa
Under that low-key and smiling exterior is a man driven by a single desire to change access to dental care for everyone. In the almost 30 years that I have known John McFarland, he has never…
MNC Jose Rodriguez

More than Teeth | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 5, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the opening day of the National Farmworkers Health Conference in El Paso, Texas. Migrant Clinicians Network will be celebrating its 30th anniversary through an informational display in the…
MNC Jose Rodriguez

Providing Care in Rural Puerto Rico | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 4, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
One month ago, a family of four from Delaware was rushed to the hospital in the US Virgin Islands, after experiencing exposure to methyl bromide, a banned fumigant. The family’s two teenage sons…
MNC Elizabeth Rios

Diabetes Care and Beyond | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 3, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Caring for a newborn, not to mention three other children, dedicating her work life to her local community as a migrant clinician, all while working toward a PhD in nursing? Just a day in the life…
MNC Emily Sinnwell

Summers in Iowa | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 2, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For Emily Sinnwell, DNP, ARNP, FNP-BC, her busiest time of year is just around the corner. Sinnwell works with migrant and seasonal agricultural workers for Proteus, in Iowa, and the seed corn is…
MCN May 1

Five on Friday | May 1, 2015

May 1, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy May Day! We at Migrant Clinicians Network provide clinicians with the tools and information to assure that all workers, including migrant workers, can get access to health care. We also engage…
MCN Adrian Billings

Seeing Patients Cradle to Grave on the U.S. Mexico Border | 30 Days, 30 Clinicians

May 1, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Adrian Billings, MD, has spent most of his career along the US/Mexico border near sleepy Presidio, Texas -- a land of vast desert claiming itself “the real frontier” on the city’s welcome sign.…
MCN

Washington State Testimony: Drift Pesticide Exposure can have acute, chronic, and developmental effects

Apr 21, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Last week, MCN’s Jennie McLaurin, MD, MPH, MA, headed to the Washington State legislature’s Health and Wellbeing Committee to provide testimony on the wide-ranging effects of drift pesticide…
MCN pesticide

Five on Friday | April 17, 2015

Apr 17, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Five on Friday: To bring you into the weekend, we present you with the top five items that MCN staff shared this week, on the many happenings in migrant health and beyond. Jillian, Director of…
MCN

Weekly Round-Up | April 10, 2015

Apr 10, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Time for our weekly rundown of interesting pieces of news and more from our team at MCN. Maps, maps, maps: Ricardo, Health Network Manager, found this new map visualizing the health…
MCN NPHW

Building Broader Connections #NPHW

Apr 9, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week is National Public Health Week, in which we celebrate the work we are doing as public health professionals to better the health and well-being of individuals and communities around the…
MCN Weekly Round-Up

Weekly Round-Up | April 3, 2015

Apr 3, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy Friday! Here’s our weekly rundown of interesting videos, programs, and stories, on migrant health and beyond, as recommended by MCN’s own staff. Be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed to…
MCN

In the Field: Connecting the Dots between Climate Change and Migrant Health

Mar 31, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
On Wednesday, MCN’s Amy Liebman, Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, will be traveling to Washington, DC to attend the Climate for Health National Leadership Convening, a one-day…
MCN 30 Clinicians

Weekly Round-Up | March 27, 2015

Mar 27, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Wow, we’ve had a very busy week here at Migrant Clinicians Network. We published an Op-Ed in the Sacramento Bee in honor of World TB Day, and we launched 30 Clinicians Making a Difference, to…
MCN in Sacramento Bee

Sacramento Bee: MCN Publishes Op-Ed on TB Treatment in US Migrant Population

Mar 26, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
We were thrilled to see the Sacramento Bee publish our piece about Tuberculosis, in honor of World TB Day, which was on Tuesday. Here’s a quote from the piece: “Many doctors who see migrants are…
MCN World TB Day

World TB Day: Call to Accelerate Access to DR-TB Drugs

Mar 24, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In honor of World TB Day, on March 24th, Migrant Clinicians Network has joined dozens of organizations from across the globe in signing an important letter to global health actors and drug companies…
MCN Farmworker Awareness

Taking Action for Farmworker Access to Care: Farmworker Awareness Week

Mar 23, 2015
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Today is the first day of Farmworker Awareness Week -- and the last day for members of Congress to sign onto a letter that may greatly affect future access to care for farmworkers. From the Campaign…