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Ana Needs Prenatal Care. Your Contributions Help Connect Her to Care.

Ana Needs Prenatal Care. Your Contributions Help Connect Her to Care.

Dec 13, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Meet Ana,* who recently asked for asylum at the US-Mexico border. She was very far along in her pregnancy, had had minimal prenatal care, and was moving from an immigration shelter at the border to…
New Award: Community-Led Research Will Break Barriers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers with Health Needs

New Award: Community-Led Research Will Break Barriers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers with Health Needs

Sep 27, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Most migrants and asylum seekers who arrive at the US-Mexico border are healthy. But some – like Anita*, a five-year-old with spina bifida, or Rocio, 35 weeks pregnant, who had undiagnosed…
Coordinating Care for Asylum Seekers Arriving on Buses in Washington DC

Coordinating Care for Asylum Seekers Arriving on Buses in Washington DC

Aug 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In 2022, the pediatricians at Children’s National Hospital (CNH) in Washington, DC, noticed an uptick of asylum-seeking children in their exam rooms. “We started seeing children coming through…
Urgent Heart Surgery for Asylum Seeking Child Moves Forward, Thanks to SCAN

Urgent Heart Surgery for Asylum Seeking Child Moves Forward, Thanks to SCAN

Aug 2, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
In January, Migrant Clinicians Network’s Health Network received a referral from a medical NGO. Maya,* a 10-year-old asylum seeker, had recently arrived in the US with a diagnosis of…
Anna and Annie, the Nurse Midwives, Greet Pregnant Asylum Seekers with Empathy and Care

Anna and Annie, the Nurse Midwives, Greet Pregnant Asylum Seekers with Empathy and Care

May 4, 2023
By: Robert Kinnaird
Annie Leone, CNM, welcomes new arrivals at the center. “Midwives have always been on the forefront of justice for women and reproductive justice. Our profession is at the forefront of this. This…
The Children Left Behind: In Honduras, Dr. Laszlo Madaras Encounters Fractured Families in the Wake of Migration to US

The Children Left Behind: In Honduras, Dr. Laszlo Madaras Encounters Fractured Families in the Wake of Migration to US

Apr 20, 2023
By: Laszlo Madaras
Raquel is traveling alone with her two-year-old daughter, hoping soon to live with her sister and brother-in-law in the US. She is pregnant and was traveling with the father of the toddler, but…
Press Conference on Children in Detention: “Children Do Not Migrate. They Flee.”

Press Conference on Children in Detention: “Children Do Not Migrate. They Flee.”

Apr 19, 2023
By: Robert Kinnaird
“Children do not migrate. They flee.” – Dr. Marsha Griffin, quoting Dr. Fernando Stein former President of the American Academy of Pediatrics Immigration policies created to maximize speed end up…
Seven Phone Calls Later, A Health Network Patient Finally Picks Up The Phone – And Gets the Help She Needs

Seven Phone Calls Later, A Health Network Patient Finally Picks Up The Phone – And Gets the Help She Needs

Apr 13, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network Associates help migrants find care anywhere in the world. But the job is heavy with almost impossible tasks: find care for people without insurance, without income, frequently with…
Pediatric Care on the Border: Caring for Kids in Custody with Dr. Ayoub-Rodriguez

Pediatric Care on the Border: Caring for Kids in Custody with Dr. Ayoub-Rodriguez

Dec 19, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
When children in immigration detention get sick, where do they get help? United States Customs and Border Protection, (CBP, commonly known as the border patrol), does not have the facilities to…
Despite Legal Status, Pregnant Asylum Seekers Can’t Get Prenatal Care in our Overextended Health System

Despite Legal Status, Pregnant Asylum Seekers Can’t Get Prenatal Care in our Overextended Health System

Nov 15, 2022
By: Deliana Garcia
In late October, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing dangerous gaps in rural U.S. obstetric care: over half of rural counties do not have a hospital…
Candace Kugel: Celebrating A Migrant Clinician’s Retirement from MCN

Candace Kugel: Celebrating A Migrant Clinician’s Retirement from MCN

Oct 25, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
From villages in the mountains of Honduras to the apple-picking region of Pennsylvania to the halls of Migrant Clinicians Network’s main office in Austin, Texas, Candace Kugel, FNP, CNM, MS has…
MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

MCN White Paper: Pregnant Asylum Seekers Struggle to Access Prenatal Care

Oct 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today, Migrant Clinicians Network released a new white paper, “Failures of US Health Care System for Pregnant Asylum Seekers.” This nine-page report outlines how pregnant asylum seekers who have…
Ventanilla de Salud Health Fair Brings Essential Services & Screenings to Austin

Ventanilla de Salud Health Fair Brings Essential Services & Screenings to Austin

Sep 21, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last week, 20 Austin-area children had an incredibly good day. Thanks to a generous donation from the US Hispanic Contractors Association (USHCA), these lucky children won brand new bicycles,…
US and International Migration Policy Must Prioritize Health Care Access

US and International Migration Policy Must Prioritize Health Care Access

Jul 12, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Two weeks ago, 53 people lost their lives to excessive and grueling heat exposure when their smuggler abandoned the semitruck in which they were traveling in the heat in San Antonio. This…
Florida Clinicians: How to Support Parents of Young Children in their Decision to Vaccinate

Florida Clinicians: How to Support Parents of Young Children in their Decision to Vaccinate

Jul 1, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not permit health care providers to pre-order COVID vaccines for children between the ages of six months and four years. Last week, however, the state…
Environmental Stewardship: Developing Young Conservation & Emergency Management Community Leaders at School

Environmental Stewardship: Developing Young Conservation & Emergency Management Community Leaders at School

Jun 9, 2022
By: Myrellis Muñiz Márquez
(Community impact by students from the Jose Emilio Lugo School at Adjuntas) Hurricane María is regularly referenced, five years after its terrible arrival in Puerto Rico. That’s because the…
Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Prepare for Future Emergencies

Supporting Teachers & School Communities in the COVID-19 Response – And Preparing for Future Emergencies

Jun 2, 2022
By: Myrellis Muñiz Márquez
In August 2020, only five months after the first COVID-19 case was confirmed in Puerto Rico, the first pandemic school-year calendar was published. It left out one of the most important items all…
Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Partner Spotlight: Coalition of 100 Black Women

Apr 6, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Following years of disinvestment in US public health and social services, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into stark relief the mounting systemic racial inequity, poverty, and unequal access to…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras provides a check-up to a child held by their parent

Celebrating the Value of Underrepresented Voices: MacKenzie Scott Announces MCN Gift

Mar 24, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dr. Laszlo Madaras, Chief Medical Officer at MCN, meets with migrants at a shelter in McAllen, Texas. At Migrant Clinicians Network, we have dedicated our lives to raising up the voices of migrants…
Midwife Annie checks on a mother's health

Annie Leone, CNM: A Dedication to Pregnant Asylum Seekers at the Border

Mar 21, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Annie Leone, CNM, provides a check-up to a pregnant asylum seeker. A pregnant asylum seeker, recently released from detention, is due any day but has been separated from her partner, who was…
Attendees at the Photovoice Exhibit

Women’s Voices Matter. MCN’s Photovoice Project Is Dedicated to Them.

Mar 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Today is International Women's Day. Across the world, numerous countries will recognize the contributions of women across cultural, economic, political, and social spheres. The roots of this…
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Hope and Celebration: Top Six MCN Blogs of 2021

Dec 29, 2021
By: 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…
A mother holding her infant

Pregnant Asylum Seekers Deserve Better, with Pinky Garcia

Dec 8, 2021
By: 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…
Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Should a Pregnant Patient Get Vaccinated? What about a Six-Year-Old? MCN’s Newest COVID-19 Resources Help Explain

Dec 7, 2021
By: 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…
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…
A pregnant woman next to a sunrise

Pregnant? Get Vaccinated Immediately, Says the CDC with New Data in Hand

Oct 6, 2021
By: 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…