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Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019.

In Memoriam: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD

Feb 22, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dr. Paul Farmer with MCN’s Luis Retta at University of Texas in 2019. This week, the world lost one of its most vocal and effective champions of health equity, Paul Farmer, MD, PhD. Dr. Farmer is…
Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Jan 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In December, Roxana Pineda, MPH, Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) Coordinator and Health Network Associate for Migrant Clinicians Network, was getting ready to open yet another weekly vaccination event at…
Warehouse workers wearing masks move boxes

Position Statement: Mask Guidance Leaves Some Workers Vulnerable to Infection

May 26, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their mask guidance to allow fully vaccinated individuals to resume most indoor and outdoor activities without wearing masks…
Man is given COVID-19 vaccine

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…
Bottles of COVID-19 Vaccine

Q&A: One-Shot COVID-19 Vaccine Expands Opportunities to Prevent Death & Severe Disease

Feb 25, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Within the coming days or weeks, the FDA is expected to give emergency use authorization for the manufacture and sale of Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The new vaccine is largely…
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,…
Laszlo Madaras and colleague in PPE

750 COVID-19 Patients Later, A One-Year Milestone

Feb 2, 2021
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Dr. Laszlo Madaras We have now lived through a sad anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in the US, which was reported on January 20th, 2020. Just two weeks later, the first week of February…
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…
A teacher prepares for the school year

Why is the implementation of comprehensive occupational health programs for school personnel essential for a safe reopening of schools? A summary of our most recent training program in Puerto Rico

Jan 5, 2021
By: Anonymous
By: Marysel Pagán-Santana, DrPH, Puerto Rico Senior Program ManagerOne of the most repeated topics of public discussion in Puerto Rico and around the world is the opening of educational institutions…
World AIDS Day graphic

World AIDS Day: A Physician’s Look Back at 40 Years of Patients

Dec 1, 2020
By: Laszlo Madaras
Mild-mannered in person, Dr. Jonathan Mann could be a passionate speaker. In 1989, at an AIDS Action Committee dinner in Boston, he said: ''In the last few years we have gained confidence that as…
A cell phone showing the WHO facebook page

Helping Patients Stay Safe in an Age of Misinformation

Nov 18, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Gayle Thomas, MD, is concerned. She has learned that many of her patients, whom she serves as the medical director of the North Carolina Farmworker Health Program, believe that if they go to the…
Farmworkers in the field with heavy smoke in the sky

New Article Explores Vaccine Hesitancy Among Mexican Males Ahead of COVID-19 Vaccine

Oct 14, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
A health fair attendee receives an immunization at the Mexican Consulate in Austin, Texas. The COVID-19 vaccine may not be ready for initial distribution for many months, but health authorities…
Farmworkers in the field with heavy smoke in the sky

Wildfires and COVID-19: When Disasters Overlap, Agricultural Workers Struggle

Oct 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Photo: United Farm Workers For almost two months, wildfires have suffocated the Northern California sky. A dry mid-August lightning storm ignited thousands of fires, many of which grew rapidly in…
Workers harvesting apples

What’s the Impact of COVID-19 on Food and Farmworkers? MCN’s Amy Liebman Joins Marylanders to Discuss

Oct 6, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The impact of COVID-19 has not been spread equally. Within the exploitative structures of industrial agriculture, farm and food workers have frequently been unable to keep themselves safe on the…
Luis Retta, Health Network Associate, on a virtual call

Virtual DOT: When A TB Patient Travels Across China, Health Network Steps Up Care

Sep 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network Associate Luis Retta can provide virtual DOT to migrating or traveling patients. Last year, Health Network Associate Luis Retta received a call from a nurse at a Pennsylvania…
Farmworker harvest strawberries

Two New Journal Articles Focus on Agricultural Workers, COVID-19, and Ways to Improve Health and Well-Being

Sep 29, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Two new solutions-oriented article commentaries focused on farmworkers and COVID-19 were published this month in the Journal of Agromedicine special issue on the pandemic. Co-written by MCN staff,…
MCN Position Statement: Testing of Agricultural Workers Helps Essential Workers Stay Safe and Healthy

MCN Position Statement: Testing of Agricultural Workers Helps Essential Workers Stay Safe and Healthy

Sep 29, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In the absence of a national, evidenced-based testing strategy, decisions regarding the provision of COVID-19 tests for agricultural workers have been left to states, to counties, and, in many cases…
A woman is vaccinated by a clinician in PPE

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…
A child receiving a vaccination

Preparing for the Fall: The Critical Work of Keeping Patients Up To Date on Vaccinations in the Time of COVID-19

Aug 19, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer at Migrant Clinicians NetworkAt the height of a COVID-19 spike at my hospital, when my community was listed as a hotspot in the national news, a man…
Flags with NHS support messages

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…
A group of clinicians test woman for Covid-19

Dr. Zuroweste, TB Expert, Calls for Increase in Public Health Resources as COVID-19 Draws Resources Away from TB

Aug 6, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tuberculosis kills over 1.5 million people, every year. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, TB experts are gravely concerned that the already unacceptable number of annual deaths from TB is going to…
A woman watching a webinar on her laptop

Update from Witness to Witness: Pivoting to Virtual Peer Support for Clinicians Experiencing Moral Injury During Pandemic

Jul 28, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
  For decades, Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, has explored how witnesses to violence are affected by that witnessing. Several years ago, Dr. Weingarten began to wonder how the helpers – like pro-bono…
Coronavirus Chronicles

Coronavirus Chronicles: Updates on the Science for Clinicians and Advocates

Jul 27, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The data on COVID-19 continue to amass, and our understanding of the disease and its impact on vulnerable populations like migrants has grown significantly since March. The news and updates have…
A clinician speaks with an elderly patient

Supporting Clinicians During Their Most Challenging Moments: Witness to Witness, by Dr. Laszlo Madaras

Jul 23, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH TS Eliot once wrote that April is the cruelest month, but I would put in a bid for July. While I have spent many happy summers on the shores of Maine and Cape Cod in…
Farmworkers wearing protective gear while working

Community Mobilization as a Model for Preparedness with Equity

Jul 15, 2020
By: Anonymous
Written by Marysel Pagán Santana, DrPH, MS, MCN’s Program Manager in Puerto RicoFor years, climate experts have warned of the implications of the climate crisis and how it will affect seasonal…
Farmworkers wearing protective gear while working

Monterey County Medical-Legal Partnership Lays Groundwork for Expanded and Unprecedented Coalition of Agricultural Leaders, Farmworker Advocates, and Clinicians

Jul 13, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In mid-March, as California’s abrupt COVID-19 shutdown pushed millions to shelter in place, a group of farmworker advocates began to discuss the vulnerabilities of local farmworkers, who were working…