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Asylum-seeking Children deserve better

Asylum-Seeking Children Deserve Better – Giving Tuesday 2021

Nov 29, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most of the children who arrive in the US to seek asylum with their families are healthy, which is pretty miraculous, considering the grueling and long journeys the families often take, sometimes…
Giving Thanks, Building Better Worlds

Giving Thanks, Building Better Worlds: MCN Reflects on Thanksgiving

Nov 23, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As we gather around the dinner table to give thanks and share a meal, many of us will be missing the presence of a loved one who has passed, who is too sick to join at the table, who is too far…
A volunteer holding a sign for vaccination

Partner Spotlight: Alabama State Association of Cooperatives

Nov 17, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In rural Alabama, the struggle to get people vaccinated can be laborious work. “The people will tell us that ‘they’re waiting on God, it causes sterilization in male and females… it’s a hoax…
A person receiving a vaccination

Partner Spotlight: Kansas Black Farmers Association

Nov 4, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For Black farmers in Kansas, the pandemic has not been easy. After decades of shrinking land ownership, the challenges of COVID-19 represent a new kind of threat, and organizations like the Kansas…
People walking with signs

Eleven Tips for Sustainable Activism Without Getting Overwhelmed

Oct 20, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Albert Einstein said, “Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.” I hope I am not being presumptuous to add a corollary: “Not…
People prepare materials for distribution

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…
A nurse speaking with Afghan refugees

10 Steps to Provide Trauma-Informed Care for Afghan Refugees

Sep 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are arriving across the US – and all of them will receive a health assessment in the coming weeks. Once they arrive on US soil, Afghan families are connected to…
People in masks talk about materials

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…
Clinicians in PPE

Nominate a Clinician for the 2021 Kugel & Zuroweste Health Justice Award Before September 15th

Sep 2, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Clinicians serving marginalized communities are stressed. Their work -- serving people who often have overlapping and complicated barriers to maintaining their health and accessing health care -- has…
A hand picking a tomato

From Streamline: Hunger Hits Those Who Produce Our Food

Aug 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Jillian Hopewell There is a profound irony in the fact that many agricultural workers in the United States suffer from food insecurity. Those who plant, cultivate, and harvest the food we all…
A Transgender Pride Flag

When My Sister Came Out as Trans, the Political Became Personal

Jun 30, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Years ago, I read a quote on a message board that changed my life. The posters were debating the implications of the hotly contested election results that declared Republican George W. Bush the…
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…
A photo of Patricia with two dairy workers

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…
A photo of the US Mexico border

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…
Outreach workers speak with residents of community

Puerto Rico Gender-Based Violence Requires Sustained Attention and Practical and Accessible Resources

Jun 2, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few years, Puerto Rico has seen a significant spike in gender-based violence that has not been sufficiently addressed. Gender-based violence1 was already a growing concern before…
A man in a mask holds his head in grief

"Yes, You ARE Entitled to Your Grief!": Looking at a Year of Many Losses, Many Kinds of Grief

May 12, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
There is no doubt that this past year has been one of grief for millions of people. I have provided online seminars and met with small groups on the topic of grief and heard hundreds of accounts…
Midwife and new mother looking at infant

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…
A machine spraying pesticide in orchard

Long Path to Nationwide Ban: Chlorpyrifos and Farmworker Health

May 5, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, after years of effort from environmental health and farmworker advocates, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to essentially ban…
A construction worker

Workers Memorial Day: COVID-19 Lifts Veil on Workplace Hazards

Apr 28, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Fifty years ago today, the Occupational Safety and Health Act went into effect. The act aimed to protect workers from injury and illness related to their work. It created the Occupational Safety…
Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2021 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Apr 27, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A recent study shows that, as former President Trump developed his presidential campaign’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, immigrants and migrants who lack authorization to live and work in the US began to…
A vehicle spraying pesticides on a field

MCN’s Ed Zuroweste Asks NY to Ban Chlorpyrifos

Apr 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Good evening. My name is Dr. Ed Zuroweste. I am a family physician providing health care and other services for migrant farmworkers for over 40 years and I am the Founding Medical Director of…
a photo of Mitch with a support group

Remembering Mitch Sudolsky: A Legacy of Kindness, Service, and Everlasting Inspiration

Apr 8, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Ashley-Michelle Papon In a year punctuated by loss on an unprecedented scale, some departures are, nevertheless, guaranteed to linger longer than others. This is particularly true with the loss…
A clinician vaccinates a patient

Community Health Centers Step Up Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

Mar 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Across the country, over two million COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered at community health centers in the last eight weeks. More than half of those receiving the vaccines at community…
Migrant Clinicians Network Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Communities, Sex Workers, and Victims in Atlanta

Migrant Clinicians Network Stands in Solidarity with AAPI Communities, Sex Workers, and Victims in Atlanta

Mar 18, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network mourns with the families of the eight people killed in Atlanta this week during a mass shooting that appears to have primarily targeted members of the AAPI (Asian American…
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,…
Community health Worker speaking to participants

Serving Refugees, Immigrants, & Migrants When Virtual Isn't Possible: A COVID-19 Outreach Event Checklist

Jan 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The challenges of reaching refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities (RIM communities) have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic. During a time when it is even more apparent that…