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Partner Spotlight: Our Partners in Florida
Mar 15, 2022
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For rural health initiatives, partnership and collaboration are vital tools for getting people vaccinated and meeting the needs of communities where these initiatives operate. In Florida, many…
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We Hear You: Opening Ourselves to What Health Care Workers Are Feeling Now
Feb 17, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
At the end of last year, Dr. Nirav Shah, the Director of Maine’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention, mentioned a cartoon he had seen of a patient in a hospital bed being kept afloat by a…
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How to Prioritize Fun during Tough Times
Feb 8, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In the last few months, Omicron has disrupted the holidays, work, school, events – practically every aspect of life. For most of us, this disruption has been hard to tolerate, after two long…
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Anger, and Caring for Those who Made Poor Choices, from MCN’s Dr. Madaras
Jan 25, 2022
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Laszlo Madaras
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Migrant Clinicians Network Thirty years ago, on a late summer August evening during my trauma surgery rotation in 1991, I was called in to…
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How to Help Someone through the Uncertainty of Waiting
Jan 20, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For most of us, this has been a year of uncertainty. Whether in our roles as a family member, friend, or clinician, we can take steps to be helpful to others who are living through the…
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Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud
Jan 18, 2022
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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…
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Partner Spotlight: American Indian Mothers Inc.
Jan 13, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Within rural regions, fear of COVID-19 vaccines has been a major barrier to protecting vulnerable communities during the pandemic. If we want to help these communities get protection from the…
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Partner Spotlight: Campesinos Sin Fronteras
Jan 4, 2022
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Migrant Clinicians Network
For over a decade, Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) has worked tirelessly to launch a bilingual radio station serving the border populations of Yuma County, Arizona, and the Northwestern corner of…
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Hope and Celebration: Top Six MCN Blogs of 2021
Dec 29, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
The end of the year presents opportunities for growth and reflection around future goals and visions. Here at Migrant Clinicians Network, we gather (this year, virtually) during the first few weeks…
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Pregnant Asylum Seekers Deserve Better, with Pinky Garcia
Dec 8, 2021
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jsanne
At Health Network, we help hundreds of pregnant asylum seekers every year. Their health needs are often complicated, and getting care for them is frequently very difficult because they are so…
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Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain
Dec 7, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Why should my six-year-old get vaccinated, if he's unlikely to get very ill with COVID-19? I don't want to get a new vaccine while I'm pregnant because I'm concerned for my baby. Why should I get…
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Asylum-Seeking Children Deserve Better – Giving Tuesday 2021
Nov 29, 2021
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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…
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How to De-Escalate a Tense Interaction
Nov 18, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Recently, at a shopping mall in an urban city, three community outreach workers were standing near a table that had a colorful tri-fold with helpful, local information about how to get a vaccine…
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Partner Spotlight: Alabama State Association of Cooperatives
Nov 17, 2021
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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…
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One-On-One Encounters: The Toughest Hurdle in COVID-19 Vaccine Advocacy
Nov 10, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
“I am passionate because I know what COVID is,” shares Nadya Julien, CRNP. Like many across the globe, Julien has felt the brutal impact of COVID-19. Falling ill with the virus last year, Julien…
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Partner Spotlight: Kansas Black Farmers Association
Nov 4, 2021
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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…
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Partner Spotlight: La Mujer Obrera fights COVID-19 in El Paso
Oct 19, 2021
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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
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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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Pregnant? Get Vaccinated Immediately, Says the CDC with New Data in Hand
Oct 6, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, three pregnant women with severe COVID checked into a rural hospital in Pennsylvania. Two required intubation and ventilation, and then were quickly transferred to the ICU. These patients…
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Learning from the Past: Measles and Vaccine Confidence
Sep 29, 2021
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Claire Hutkins Seda
In 2017, Minnesota public health authorities were alarmed by an uptick in pediatric cases of the measles, which appeared to be the start of a second outbreak in a decade. Almost 20 years prior,…
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Tips for Making the Most of Interpreters and Interpretation Hotlines
Sep 8, 2021
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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…
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Farmworkers & COVID-19: Partnerships to Protect Workers Highlighted in American Journal of Public Health
Sep 7, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2020, America got a close-up look at the exploitative conditions, lack of basic occupational protections, poor access to health care, and institutional oppression that food and farm workers have…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Employer Mandates Should Be Accompanied By Basic Protections & Worker Accommodations
Aug 31, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
In the first year of the pandemic, meat packing facilities, farms and orchards, and food warehouses became hotspots of transmission, as essential workers were required to work through the pandemic,…
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Empathy Can Be Debilitating. Here’s How to Move Empathy into Action.
Aug 26, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
I have always been haunted by certain kinds of injustices. Since the founding of Witness to Witness (W2W), there have been many issues that I cannot shake. In July 2019, I heard Columbia Law…
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Delta Variant & COVID-19 Vaccines: Updated Information and Resources
Aug 17, 2021
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Migrant Clinicians Network
By Robert KinnairdThe Delta variant has become the prominent form of the virus, with around 83 percent of COVID-19 cases in the United States being caused by this more contagious variant. First found…
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Top 5 Best COVID-19 Vaccine Resources for Migrants & Immigrants
Jul 13, 2021
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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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