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Clinicians put on PPE to prepare for outreach and testing

COVID-19: Clinicians Ramp Up Testing, Outreach, Contact Tracing, Partnerships to Support Farmworker Health

Jun 24, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In Immokalee, Florida, the nation's tomato capital, the coronavirus has taken hold, with almost 1,000 cases recorded since April. Overcrowding in farmworker housing, during transportation to…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras with Mary Englerth

A Tribute to Mary Englerth

Jun 22, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras with Mary Englerth, PA, in front of Keystone Health. By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Migrant Clinicians Network The end of May 2020 saw the end…
Clinicians gather outside wearing PPE

Is COVID-19 Airborne? Q&A with Dr. Chad Roy and Dr. Ed Zuroweste

Jun 17, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
New Studies on Airborne TransmissionDuring the webinar, Dr. Zuroweste described two recent epidemiological studies that highlight the risks associated with the aerobiology of COVID-19. One research…
A clinician putting on PPE

Guest Blog: New WHO Guidance on Masks for COVID-19 Ignores Findings of its Own Evidence Review Calling for More Protective Measures

Jun 10, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued new interim guidance on the masks required for health care workers at risk from Covid-19, “Advice on the Use of Masks in the Context of COVID-19."…
Clinicians test a patient for COVID-19

Best Practices in Mobile Team Outreach

Jun 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Just west of Portland, Oregon, thousands of acres of orchards, vineyards, and berry bushes stretch out across fertile plains. Every June, these fields are closely tended and harvested by migrant and…
Dear Heart

A Tribute to a Patient Who Died of COVID-19

Jun 3, 2020
By: Jannette Nuñez
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for the Migrant Clinicians Network His name, translated from French, was something like “Dear Heart”* I got to know him when I admitted him to our…
Migrant clinician gives patient a check up

What Primary Care Means: Notes from Amy K. Liebman on the Patient Perspective

Jun 2, 2020
By: Amy Liebman
By Amy K. Liebman, MPA Director of Environmental and Occupational Health, Migrant Clinicians Network, Salisbury, MD In 1984, three dedicated clinicians from various corners of the US met at a…
Giving Tuesday Now: Witness to Witness

Trauma, Mental Health, and COVID-19: Giving Tuesday Offers Support for Frontline Clinicians

May 5, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The last time I ever spoke to my friend Anna, she cried about resigning from her job. Educated at my own alma mater, eventually graduating with a degree in counseling, she had run the gamut of…
Health Centers on the Frontlines | HOPE Clinic Ramps Up Telehealth, Starts Rapid Testing

Health Centers on the Frontlines: HOPE Clinic Ramps Up Telehealth, Starts Rapid Testing

May 4, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
In Houston, Texas, HOPE Clinic is living up to its name. The large urban community health center rapidly ramped up its telehealth services as the COVID-19 pandemic struck, and now almost 20 percent…
Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Take MCN’s 2020 Poll: What Is Changing for Immigrant & Migrant Patients?

Apr 8, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
ICE raids. Public charge. Rhetoric around immigration. In the last three years, clinicians who have taken MCN’s annual poll have confirmed that forces outside of the clinic interrupt health care…
Community members attend a first aid training

How to Communicate Preventative Measures in Times of Panic: Prepare before the onset of an emergency. And, if you can’t start early, then at least start now.

Mar 24, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Community members in Puerto Rico attend a first aid training.Alondra is a 37-year-old who lives with her family in a small one-bedroom apartment. As the coronavirus hits her community, she begins to…
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How MCN Built Practical Solutions in 2019: Our Year in Review

Mar 2, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2019, thanks to the remarkable support of our network, Migrant Clinicians Network faced many new challenges in migrant health head-on, with innovative resources, programs, training, and technical…
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Winter Streamline: Witness to Witness: Helping Health Care Supervisors Address Trauma, Moral Injury, and Burnout

Feb 4, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Clinicians are overwhelmed. But what exactly is fueling the emotional exhaustion? Clinician burnout, says Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, is just part of the problem, particularly in health centers motivated…
A collage of photos from the last year

Best of the MCN Blog: Most Important Stories of 2019

Jan 9, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Happy New Year! In 2019, Migrant Clinicians Network published 167 blog posts. Whew! With so many posts, it can be difficult to keep up! As we start a new year, many articles rise to the top,…
A healthcare worker in Puerto Rico sees to a family after a hurricane

Managing Care during Emergencies: Resources for Before, During, and After an Earthquake

Jan 7, 2020
By: Anonymous
Resources Specifically for EarthquakesThere are a number of organizations that provide information on the local and national level in the case of earthquakes. The United States Geological Survey (…
Going Platinum: Migrant Clinicians Network Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency

Going Platinum: Migrant Clinicians Network Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency

Dec 18, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
This month, Migrant Clinicians Network earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest and most trusted source of nonprofit…
Saul Delgado, Health Network Database Specialist

Saul Delgado: From a Childhood in Cuba, to Health Network Database Specialist

Dec 2, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Saul Delgado’s childhood summers were spent climbing mango trees with his cousins in his grandmother’s backyard in San Juan y Martinez, a tobacco-growing region in the western Cuban countryside.…
Participants raise hands as part of presentation at 5th annual women's conference

MCN’s Fifth Annual Women’s Conference: Empowerment, Community Organizing at the Mexican Consulate

Nov 14, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
This weekend, 126 Austin-area Latinas gathered for the annual Women’s Conference, hosted by the Mexican Consulate in Austin and Migrant Clinicians Network. With the late autumn Texan sun…
MCN's Dr. Laszlo Madaras with Mary Englerth

Mary Englerth, PA, Clinical Hero in Pennsylvania, Retires

Oct 22, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
After over three decades of service of farmworkers in rural Pennsylvania, Mary Englerth, PA, is retiring. “Hermana Mary,” as many know her in the farmworker camps, is a Maryknoll Missioner and,…
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In the Field: Binational Health Week Kickoff with Ventanilla de Salud, Austin

Oct 17, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Edwardo Retta, Health Network AssociateOctober is a month for health awareness and the Ventanilla de Salud likes to begin the month with it its annual Binational Health Week Kickoff, which…
Nurse checks blood pressure of patient

Health Care is a Human Right: MCN’s Statement on Finalized Public Charge Rule

Aug 14, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I have a pregnant patient here legally but not a citizen who is refusing to apply for Medicaid because her attorney advised her this could jeopardize her ability to become a citizen. She plans to…
Woman gets treatment at a health center

Changes to Health Care Rights Law Endanger Health of My Patients

Aug 10, 2019
By: Jannette Nuñez
My patient, Alma, came to the emergency room with chest pain radiating to her left breast. She was 55 and had already had a lumpectomy for suspected breast cancer five years ago. She was worried…
MCN CEO Karen Mountain holding an unselfie sign for giving tuesday

35 Years of Caring: Celebrating Karen Mountain, RN, MCN's Leader and Defender of Health Justice

Jul 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“I always knew I wanted to go into health care,” says Karen Mountain, MBA, MSN, RN, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Chief Executive Officer, the first and only leader that MCN has had since its…
Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center.

Diabetes Clinical Teams: Q&A with Kevin Alfaro-Martinez, Eva Galvez, MD, and Sarah Deines, PharmD, from Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center

Jun 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Kevin Alfaro-Martinez and Eva Galvez stand in front of health center. Kevin Alfaro-Martinez is a Primary Care Community Outreach Worker at Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, a community…
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Blue Tarps: Puerto Rico, Hurricane Season, and Vulnerable Populations

Jun 13, 2019
By: Anonymous
At the beginning of this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through their Climate Prediction Center released the 2019 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook predicting…
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Diabetes, Disasters, Late Night Outreach: The Life of a Migrant & Neighborhood Health Nurse in North Carolina

Jun 5, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“It’s very, very busy this time a year.” That’s the update from Gena Byrd, RN, a nurse with Greene County Health Care, a community health center in North Carolina. One of the true migrant health…