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



[Editor’s Note: Since July 2021 Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (Alianza), Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN), Rural Coalition (RC) and 20 organizational partners and members have mobilized 221...
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Include the Alias? Skip the Real Name? COVID-19 Vaccination Card Recommendations

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 their...
Preguntas frecuentes: La vacuna COVID-19 y migrantes, inmigrantes y trabajadores agrícolas

Preguntas frecuentes: La vacuna COVID-19 y migrantes, inmigrantes y trabajadores agrícolas

La Red de Proveedores de Servicios de Salud para Migrantes (MCN por sus siglas en inglés) continúa recibiendo preguntas de nuestra red clínica sobre cómo preparar a sus comunidades de migrantes,...
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Learning from the Past: Measles and Vaccine Confidence

[Editor’s Note: This article comes from the Summer issue of Streamline, Migrant Clinicians Network’s in-print quarterly clinical publication. Subscribe to Streamline for free to get in-depth articles...
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Farmworkers & COVID-19: Partnerships to Protect Workers Highlighted in American Journal of Public Health

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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La exigencia de vacunación contra el COVID-19 por parte de los empleadores debe ir acompañada de protecciones básicas y adaptaciones para los trabajadores

Durante el primer año de la pandemia, las plantas de empaque de carne, granjas, huertos y bodegas de alimentos se convirtieron en focos de transmisión del virus ya que se requería que los...
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Delta Variant & COVID-19 Vaccines: Updated Information and Resources

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...
Los 5 mejores recursos de vacunas contra COVID-19 para Migrantes e Inmigrantes

Los 5 mejores recursos de vacunas contra COVID-19 para Migrantes e Inmigrantes

El verano está en pleno apogeo y las campañas de vacunación están teniendo dificultades. La prisa inicial ha disminuido, y muchas comunidades se encuentran ahora con más vacunas que personas que...
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US-Mexico Collaboration Gets Workers at the Border Vaccinated

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...
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Workplace Protections for Essential Workers Must Consider RIM Communities

[Editor’s note: Today’s blog post was originally published on the blog of the National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants (NRC-RIM). Click here to read the original post. Access “...
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COVID-19 From the Perspective of a Community Health Worker: Veronica Martinez Vargas

[Editor's note: Today's blog post comes from Dillon Nguyen, MCN intern. He is a senior at Salisbury University, majoring in Sociology with a double minor in Social Justice and English. Coming from a...
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Position Statement: Mask Guidance Leaves Some Workers Vulnerable to Infection

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

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

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...
COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

COVID-19 and Childcare Efforts for Vulnerable Families

[Editor’s Note: This blog post comes to us from MCN intern Jordana Oman, who is a senior at Salisbury University, working toward a Bachelor’s in Sociology with a minor in Communications. Her career...
A woman receives the COVID-19 vaccine

Los servicios de salud para las mujeres migrantes requieren ajustar el enfoque de la Vacuna contra COVID-19 Johnson &Johnson

Después de casi dos semanas de examinar exhaustivamente todos los datos sobre las vacunas y sus posibles efectos secundarios, los científicos tomaron la decisión de restablecer el uso de la vacuna...
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Nine Practices to Cope with a Looming Catastrophe

[Editor’s Note: This article, originally published on Medium last month, was written by Migrant Clinicians Network’s Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, Director of Witness to Witness. In the last year,...
MCN Position Statement: Johnson & Johnson Pause on Vaccinations Is Indicator of Functioning of Vaccine Safety Systems

Posición de MCN sobre la pausa en la distribución de la vacuna contra COVID-19 de Jonson & Johnson como un indicador del funcionamiento de los sistemas de seguridad de la vacuna

Esta semana, las autoridades federales hicieron una pausa en la distribución de la vacuna contra COVID-19 de Johnson & Johnson/Janssen (J&J por su sigla en inglés) para investigar efectos...
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“Vaccination Is…”: A Customizable COVID-19 Vaccine Communications Campaign

As clinicians in health departments, health centers, and elsewhere strive to communicate the importance of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, culturally and linguistically appropriate communications...
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‘What to Expect When Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine’ Editable Vaccine Resources in English, Spanish, and Haitian Creole

Given the local nature of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, there is a significant need for editable vaccine resources in multiple languages to reach refugee, immigrant, and migrant communities. MCN is...
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Community Health Centers Step Up Equitable COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

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...
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#YoMeLaPuse: New Video & Poster to Celebrate COVID-19 Vaccinations

Bright, multigenerational, uplifting, and celebratory, our new #YoMeLaPuse materials will bring a smile to patients’ faces and encourage vaccination in the Spanish-speaking community.  In a short...
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COVID-19 Vaccine for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants: Building Trust on the Frontlines

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

Preguntas y respuestas: La vacuna contra la COVID-19 de una sola inyección amplía las oportunidades para prevenir la muerte y las enfermedades graves

En los próximos días o semanas, se espera que la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) otorgue una autorización de uso de emergencia para la...
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Preguntas y respuestas: Lo que los proveedores de atención médica primaria deben saber sobre las vacunas contra el COVID-19

[Nota de la editora: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en inglés en Healio.com. Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Director Médico de Migrant Clinicians Network, es uno de los coautores. Aquí,...
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Health Department and Vaccine Clinic Considerations to Reach Migrant and Immigrant Workers: A COVID-19 Vaccine Accessibility Checklist

 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, immigrant,...
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Planning, Partnerships, and Perseverance: Overcoming Challenges on the COVID-19 Frontlines

 In 2020, while COVID-19 outbreaks were already hitting farms further south, Maine's late harvest window provided clinicians and public health workers a longer lead time to prepare and advocate for...