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Today is National Heat Awareness Day. As we roll into the summer, with the Southwest already experiencing a significant heat wave, let’s take a moment to read up on the news, resources, and information around heat-related illness, with our five recommendations from MCN staff. Alma sent along the Coalition for Sensible Safeguards’ “Safeguarding Summer”, which highlights the... Read More
The repeated and avoidable deaths of migrant children in detention is unconscionable. We at Migrant Clinicians Network demand immediate implementation of greater safeguards and better conditions to reduce the likelihood of yet more deaths. As clinicians, we recognize the impact of pre- and peri-migration stress and trauma on the health of migrants, who are then further stressed and... Read More
May is close to the end; it’s the official kickoff to summer! Before you head to the barbecue or pack up your swimsuit and sunscreen, take a moment to read some of the news pieces and resources that we shared amongst ourselves here at MCN this week. Marysel sent over this article on the shocking number of people still struggling in poor conditions after... Read More
After an incredibly successful first year, Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) and our partner, East Coast Migrant Head Start Project (ECMHSP) are ready and excited to kick off the second year of our community-based environmental health education program.Our project, It Takes Community: Protecting Farmworker Children from Environmental Contaminants is supported by the Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating... Read More
In many parts of the flood-hit Midwest, farmers are still waiting for soil to dry out to plant. In California, an unusual late-season storm brought winter rain to summer crops that typically rely only on irrigation. It seems most of the country is experienced strange weather, and such fluctuations affect farmworkers, who haven’t arrived in some areas, which in turn affect the many... Read More
Mobile patients -- whether a professional who gets sick at an out-of-town conference or a farmworker who moves every three weeks for work -- often find that health records aren’t available when they are most needed. In our tech-obsessed and hypermobile society, how have our health records lagged so far behind? In a new perspective piece published on Medscape, entitled “Stagnant Patient... Read More
[Editor’s note: Let’s celebrate our Health Network team, the hardworking people who save lives by assuring continuity of care! Health Network is our bridge case management program that provides comprehensive case management, medical records transfer, and follow-up services for mobile patients. Here’s our fourth installment highlighting the Health Network team, with a piece on... Read More
At the end of April, MCN’s Chief Medical Officer Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH headed to the United Nations in New York City for a multi-stakeholder hearing on universal health coverage, ahead of a UN High Level Meeting on the topic in September. The meeting “aims to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), including financial risk protection, access to quality essential... Read More
Happy Friday! Here’s your weekly dose of migrant health news, offered up by MCN staff. Amy says, “Way to go, California!” with the Golden State’s newly announced ban on chlorpyrifos. Kate shared another EPA ruling: “EPA Leaders Disregarded Agency’s Experts in Issuing Asbestos Rule, Memos Show.” Saul sent around the horrifying news, “A 16-year-old... Read More
How many clinicians hold a conversation with patients around the potential costs of this visit’s care? For low-income patients, who have little to no savings, the fear of paying for a health crisis increases the anxiety and stress around the diagnosis itself, including a chronic condition like diabetes. And yet, according to a paper published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine,... Read More
