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Partner Spotlight: La Mujer Obrera fights COVID-19 in El Paso

Oct 19, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
La Mujer Obrera is an El Paso, Texas based community organization that has been providing COVID-19 resources to the Chamizal neighborhood of El Paso, an almost entirely Latinx community that has a…
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Include the Alias? Skip the Real Name? COVID-19 Vaccination Card Recommendations

Oct 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Names can be a complex thing for immigrant and migrant workers. These workers often must use a pseudonym in workplaces, as they may lack documentation to legally work in the United States using…
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Tips for Making the Most of Interpreters and Interpretation Hotlines

Sep 8, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Interpreters and interpretation hotlines are key tools for clinicians when they do not share a common language with their patients. While interpreters may work full time or part time in the office…
Top 5 Best COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Migrants and Immigrants

Top 5 Best COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Migrants & Immigrants

Jul 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The summer is in full swing and vaccination campaigns are struggling. The initial rush has slowed, and many communities find themselves with more vaccines than people who want them. Yet,…
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US-Mexico Collaboration Gets Workers at the Border Vaccinated

Jun 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the US-Mexico border, the pace of vaccination has depended on which side of the wall one is on. In the US, available vaccines have outstripped the number of people interested in vaccinations. In…
Sister Zuly, Sister Antonia, and Sister Ana, three participants in Tu voz importa, received their cameras during the first workshop this week.

Tu voz importa: New Photovoice Project Equips Migrants with Cameras to Share Their Stories

Jun 17, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Sister Zuly, Sister Antonia, and Sister Ana, three participants in Tu voz importa, received their cameras during the first workshop this week. This week, 29 participants gathered for a beginner’s…
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A Celebration of Patricia Juarez-Carrillo's Life Work Improving the Health of Migrants and Immigrants

Jun 16, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, Patricia Juárez-Carrillo, PhD, MPH, passed away at the age of 63 from pulmonary fibrosis. Patricia was a longtime collaborator and consultant for Migrant Clinicians Network, a close…
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Asylum Seekers, Health Needs, Concertina Wire… and Hope: A View of the Entire US-Mexico Border, From the Health Provider’s Perspective

Jun 9, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of May, Deliana Garcia headed to the US-Mexico border – not just to visit one border town, but to travel the entire length of the border on the US side, from San Diego, California to…
Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

Funding Opportunity to Prevent COVID-19 in Refugee, Immigrant, & Migrant Communities

May 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A new funding opportunity is now available for local health departments and community-based organizations to assist these groups to reach refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities to prevent and…
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Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers

May 6, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…
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Mother’s Day: A Young Asylum-Seeker Needing Prenatal Care, Health Network, and #LaborsOfLove

May 3, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This Mother’s Day, support asylum-seeking mothers to get the care they need for themselves and for their babies.Donate to #LaborsOfLove here. Courage comes in many forms. Often, American holidays…
A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: Care for Migrant Women Requires Adjusted Approach

Apr 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
After nearly two weeks of looking comprehensively at all the data on vaccines and their potential side effects, scientists made the decision to reinstate the use of the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen…
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COVID-19 Vaccine for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants: Building Trust on the Frontlines

Mar 4, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, experts in migrant health gathered as panelists on MCN’s webinar, COVID-19 Vaccines: A National Learning Session from the Frontlines of Refugee, Migrant, and Immigrant Health. Sharing…
A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Health Department and Vaccine Clinic Considerations to Reach Migrant and Immigrant Workers: A COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility Checklist

Feb 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As hope remains that the availability of vaccines will grow, health departments and vaccine clinics must prepare to better serve hard-to-reach populations such as persons in the refugee,…
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President Biden's New Immigration Plan: Ambitious, Detailed, Hopeful

Jan 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ByTimothy Dunn, Immigration Scholar and Professor of Sociology at Salisbury University brief overview of Biden’s really impressive immigration plan that he will be unveiling this week. The most…
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Top Six COVID-19 Resources for Vaccine Readiness for Immigrant and Migrant Communities

Jan 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Clinics, health centers, and health departments around the country are looking ahead to the vaccination of essential worker populations like farmworkers, who in many states are eligible for…
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"You Saved Lives": Celebrating the Kugel and Zuroweste Award Winner

Dec 9, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In a year defined by health inequities and limited health care access, the push for health justice remains crucial to Migrant Clinicians Network’s work. MCN’s Kugel and Zuroweste Health Justice…
Caroline Johnson, FNP

Caroline Johnson, Winner of MCN’s Inaugural Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award

Nov 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Development and Outreach In a year where the news has often ranged from difficult to grim, it is particularly important to celebrate the positive…
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Capacity Building in Occupational Health: Ventanilla de Salud of San Bernardino, CA

Oct 28, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By:Graciela MolinaIn our community of San Bernardino, in the Inland Empire not far from Los Angeles, a significant percentage of workers harvest fruits and vegetables, and the majority of these…
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Celebrating Binational Health Week XX Virtually

Oct 19, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By L. Roxana Pineda, MPH, Coordinator of the Ventanilla de Salud at Mexican Consulate in Austin, Migrant Clinicians NetworkEarlier this month, Migrant Clinicians Network and the Ventanilla de Salud…
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Position Statement: Medical Injustices and Human Rights Violations in Detention Must End

Sep 24, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A clinician protests the conditions in migrant detention facilities in Oregon. Credit: @Doctors4CampClosureLast week, a whistleblower complaint was filed describing medical procedures forced on…
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Statement: Community Health Workers, Outreach & Education Must Be Front & Center to Support Immigrants & Migrants When COVID-19 Vaccination Arrives

Sep 8, 2020
By: Aníbal Yariel López Correa
We thank the Committee for the opportunity to express our strong support of prioritizing immigrants and migrant workers and their families through enhanced vaccination programs at community…
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COVID-19, the Immigration Health Surcharge & the UK’s National Health Service

Aug 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the UK, access to free health care is considered a given for British-born residents - and this is largely the case. Thanks to the National Health Service (NHS), which was first established by…
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Tu voz importa / Your Voice Matters: New MCN Project Elevates Lives of Migrant Farmworker Women

Jul 1, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon, Project Coordinator, Migrant Clinicians Network As Bob Dylan once crooned, the times, they are a-changin’. With news events like the disproportionate death toll of…
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Take Action: Rescind Order to Halt Asylum Processes

Apr 30, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This week, Migrant Clinicians Network joined Doctors for America, Refugee Health Alliance, and Human Impact Partners to demand that Robert R. Redfield, MD, the Director of Centers for Disease…
Rep. Jim McGovern visits the Ursula Detention Center

Position Statement: Immigration Policies Must Shift During COVID-19 Pandemic

Apr 23, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Representative Jim McGovern visits the Ursula Detention Center in McAllen, TX.Migrant Clinicians Network calls on immigration authorities to rescind dangerous immigration policies that put refugees…