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Camila Velasquez: Special Connections to Specialty Care

Camila Velasquez: Special Connections to Specialty Care

Oct 18, 2023
By: Robert Kinnaird
Camila is very responsible and cares about her patients! She is a great communicator. Amazing person to work with. She goes above and beyond for her patients, and she is always willing to help…
Health Network Associate Brenda Ramirez: Sharing Stories from a Migrant Shelter

Health Network Associate Brenda Ramirez: Sharing Stories from a Migrant Shelter

Aug 31, 2023
By: Robert Kinnaird
Brenda is a diligent individual who truly enjoys her work. She consistently strives to give her best effort and is both nurturing and dependable. Brenda has been a valuable resource, helping me…
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…
A Glimpse at Pregnancy at the Border, An Invitation to a Benefit Concert

A Glimpse at Pregnancy at the Border, An Invitation to a Benefit Concert

Jul 13, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
After being released from detention, pregnant asylum seekers arrive at shelters across the US-Mexico border. Many have had no prenatal care at all – even those just weeks from giving birth. “…
Norma Gonzalez: Lending a Hand to Migrants in Need through Health Network

Norma Gonzalez: Lending a Hand to Migrants in Need through Health Network

Jun 21, 2023
By: Robert Kinnaird
“When she started, she got a very difficult case, which at first, we all thought was going to be a very easy case, and she tackled it like a pro. I think after that case, every other case was…
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…
Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Health Justice in 2023: After Being Treated “Less Than Human,” A Teenage Boy Comes Back from the Brink of Death

Jan 18, 2023
By: Laszlo Madaras
When the emergency department received 16-year-old Jorge,* he was unresponsive and intubated. He was found among many dead migrants in the back of a truck in extreme heat, at the US-Mexico border…
An image of paper lungs next to a stethoscope

Camila Velasquez, Health Network Associate, and Aracely, Her Patient with TB, Numerous Health Challenges, and No Connection to Care – And A Call to Action

Dec 22, 2022
By: Ashley-Michelle Papon
While long-time supporters of MCN are well aware of the lifesaving work of Health Network, MCN’s award-winning virtual case management program, lesser known are the stories which drive the…
Midwife and new mother looking at infant

Health Network for Babies, Children, and Mothers

May 6, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Maria* was 36 weeks pregnant when she arrived at the immigrant shelter in McAllen, Texas, where the US-Mexico border is defined by the Rio Grande. Like so many fleeing violence, that is…
Luis Retta, Health Network Associate, on a virtual call

Virtual DOT: When A TB Patient Travels Across China, Health Network Steps Up Care

Sep 30, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network Associate Luis Retta can provide virtual DOT to migrating or traveling patients. Last year, Health Network Associate Luis Retta received a call from a nurse at a Pennsylvania…
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX.

A Six-Year-Old Asylum Seeker with Microcephaly and Frequent Seizures Struggles to Get Emergency Care, So Health Network Steps In

Jan 23, 2020
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network's Alma Colmenero and Robert Corona discuss a case in the MCN office in Austin, TX. A young Guatemalan mother and father and their two young sons crossed the border earlier this…
I heart MCN

Top 5 Reasons I <3 MCN

Dec 26, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Migrant Clinicians Network makes us swoon. That’s because, as an organization, it has taken huge strides in improving the health and well-being of migrants and immigrants in its 35-year history --…
A woman holding her infant child

An Asylum Seeker, Her High-Risk Pregnancy, and Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Health Network Case Study

Dec 21, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Marisa*, a 40-year-old asylum seeker from Central America, was seven months pregnant when she was detained by border patrol. While in custody, she started having difficulty breathing, lower abdomen…
Deliana Garcia, MA, Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues

Deliana Garcia: Intrepid Champion for Health Justice

Dec 17, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Deliana Garcia has been a relentless and intrepid champion for health justice with Migrant Clinicians Network for over three decades. Known for her determination, she has dedicated her career to…
Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

Medscape Perspective: Stagnant Patient Records Are Public Health Problem

May 16, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
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…
Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

In the Spotlight: Luis Retta, Health Network Associate

May 15, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
''Luis will make for an incredibly informed medical doctor, the type that won't forget community experiences had while with a place like MCN. Another good guy for our side of the fight.” –…
Graphic stating only one in four people had access to MDR-TB Treatment

Tuberculosis: Migration Doesn’t Have to Be a Barrier

Mar 25, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Don't work for recognition, but do work worthy of recognition. - H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Tuberculosis is curable, easy to diagnose, and easy to prevent. Despite these simple facts, 1.3 million…
Young girl gets ear inspection

A Child's Ear Surgery, A Family's Migration: Health Network in Action

Feb 27, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Retta, Health Network Associate While Health Network is available for any patient regardless of age, sex, race, or ethnicity, and for any health condition, it’s rare that we receive an…
In the spotlight: Robert Corona

In the Spotlight: Robert Corona, Health Network Associate

Dec 5, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
“Rob is able to see everything through a social justice lens and still challenge things in such a gentle way.” – Deliana Garcia Director, International Projects and Emerging Issues Robert…
In the spotlight: Alma Colmenero

In the Spotlight: Alma Colmenero, Health Network Associate

Nov 14, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
photo credit: Robert Corona “Alma is dedicated to her work. She’s a hard worker and reliable. She’s a very caring person, which is carried into her work. I know her patients are in good hands…
Ed Zuroweste treats baby

Giving Tuesday: Four Ways You Can Help Migrants and Refugees with Health Network

Nov 13, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Health Network, Migrant Clinicians Network’s unique bridge case management system, saves lives, hundreds of lives, every year. People like Maria*, who needed surgery on her leg after being…
In the spotlight: Saul Delgado

In the Spotlight: Saul Delgado, Health Network Data Specialist

Aug 1, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
photo credit: Robert Corona“Saul is a dedicated, conscientious, and caring person. His work exemplifies these qualities and we are very lucky to have him as part of the MCN team” – Theressa Lyons-…
VDS National team taking a moment to pay tribute UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

In the Field: Ventanilla de Salud Annual Conference in Dallas

May 9, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Dallas, Texas was host to the annual conference of Ventanillas de Salud (VDS) at the end of April. Deliana Garcia, MA, MCN’s Director of International Projects and Emerging Issues, joined me in the…
University of Washington campus

In the Field: Latino Social Workers Come Together in Seattle

Apr 4, 2018
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Last month, I found myself among a diverse group of Latinx social workers, walking together under the cherry blossoms that are central to the University of Washington campus, shivering as it…
Streamline Fall 2017

December Travel: What Do You Do When Your Patient Gets Temporarily Mobile?

Dec 13, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
For several months every winter, 66-year old Phuong* visits family and friends in her homeland of Vietnam. This year, however, Phuong, a US citizen, tested positive for tuberculosis in her lungs and…
health network associate on the phone

Health Network’s Unique Strategies for Communication with Mobile Patients: Streamline Reprint

Nov 8, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Health Network Associates encounter numerous obstacles to ensuring continuous care for the mobile patients enrolled in Health Network, MCN’s innovative and effective bridge case management system.…