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These Five Refugees Share Their Life-Changing Migration Journeys with Dr. Madaras

These Five Refugees Share Their Life-Changing Migration Journeys with Dr. Madaras

Nov 21, 2022
By: Laszlo Madaras
[Editor’s Note: Welcome home, Dr. Madaras! Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Migrant Clinicians Network, is back after spending some time in Switzerland, Austria, and his native…
Celebrating Roxana Pineda Day in Austin

Celebrating Roxana Pineda Day in Austin

Nov 8, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
MCN's Roxana Pineda, Karen Mountain and Jimena De Leija In Austin, Texas, November 3, 2022 was officially declared Roxana Pineda Day, named after Migrant Clinicians Network’s longtime Ventanilla de…
Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Free Services at Ventanilla de Salud Offices Support Binational Health

Oct 27, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Across the United States, the Ventanillas de Salud (VdS) offices within the Mexican Consulates have been celebrating Binational Health Month, one of the largest mobilization efforts in the US to…
Asylum Seekers vs. Refugees: What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?

Asylum Seekers vs. Refugees: What’s the Difference, and Why Does it Matter?

Aug 9, 2022
By: Xander Starobin
Although incorrectly interchanged at times, the terms “refugees” and “asylum seekers” are not the same. In fact, the distinction between them is a crucial factor in how they receive medical care.…
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…
Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Migrant Clinicians Network Steps Up Language Access; Launches New Website

Jun 21, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) has long worked to make health care services and educational materials more accessible for the Latinx community, however, we still have a lot of work to do to reach…
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…
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"US and Global Infrastructure is Unprepared and Unwilling to Prepare for the Increase in Migration" -- Four Critical Strategies to Take On Climate Migration

Mar 10, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
What is the IPCC? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was initiated by the United Nations and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988. Since then, it has regularly reported and…
Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Building Access for Vaccines, Mental Health Needs, Health Education at Austin’s Ventanilla de Salud

Jan 18, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s Note: Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) is a network of health outreach programs operating out of each of the Mexican Consulates in the US. Migrant Clinicians Network has been a longtime advisor to…
A nurse speaking with Afghan refugees

10 Steps to Provide Trauma-Informed Care for Afghan Refugees

Sep 13, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Tens of thousands of Afghan refugees are arriving across the US – and all of them will receive a health assessment in the coming weeks. Once they arrive on US soil, Afghan families are connected to…
People in masks talk about materials

Tips for Making the Most of Interpreters and Interpretation Hotlines

Sep 8, 2021
By: 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…
A man receives a vaccination from a clinician

US-Mexico Collaboration Gets Workers at the Border Vaccinated

Jun 22, 2021
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
   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.…
A clinician putting on PPE

Guest Blog: New WHO Guidance on Masks for COVID-19 Ignores Findings of its Own Evidence Review Calling for More Protective Measures

Jun 10, 2020
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
[Editor’s Note: Today’s blog post comes from Rory O’Neill, Occupational Health and Workplace Safety Advisor for the International Trade Union Confederation, editor of Hazards magazine and professor…
A model of human lungs

Coronavirus? Or TB? An Effective Public Health Approach Would Address Both

Mar 24, 2020
By: Brenda Ramirez
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer You’ve heard about the symptoms before. It can at first seem like the flu -- fever, night sweats…
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In the Field: Binational Health Week Kickoff with Ventanilla de Salud, Austin

Oct 17, 2019
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
By Luis Edwardo Retta, Health Network AssociateOctober is a month for health awareness and the Ventanilla de Salud likes to begin the month with it its annual Binational Health Week Kickoff, which…
Woman holding up hand with the word 'STOP' written on it

Project Catalyst: Evidence-Based IPV and Trafficking Engagement

Oct 10, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
[Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the summer 2019 issue of MCN’s in-print clinical publication, Streamline. Subscribe for free, or read our back issues online, here. This week, Futures…
Dr. Laszlo Madaras at UN

Dr. Madaras at the UN: TB Can Be Controlled through Universal Health Coverage

May 14, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
  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…
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Climate Change: New England Journal of Medicine Asks Clinicians to Act

Jan 24, 2019
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
  Do clinicians have a role in addressing climate change? This week’s New England Journal of Medicine features an explosive perspective piece calling on clinicians to lead the fight. In “Climate…
Del at TB meeting in The Hague

In the Field: Next Steps in Worldwide TB Elimination at the Union Conference

Oct 31, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
Deliana Garcia presenting to legislators from across the Americas on the importance of effective #TB care for migrants.   Last week’s Union World Conference on Lung Health, held in The Hague, was…
Stop TB attendees

UN High Level Meeting on TB: Declaration Must Be Met by Political Will and Resources

Oct 3, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Investment follows political will.”  -Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, at the UN High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis “Investment follows political will.”  -Henrietta Fore, Executive…
Deliana Garcia speaking on UN End TB Panel

Eradicating Tuberculosis: Deliana Garcia at the United Nations

Jun 14, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
“Eradicating tuberculosis can free a world potential so great as to reduce poverty, decrease childmortality, increase educational levels, productivity, and global wealth.”“Eradicating tuberculosis…
Deliana Garcia standing next to five members of the migrant health team

Puentes: Population Health Across the US-Mexico Border

Feb 27, 2018
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
 Last week, MCN’s Deliana Garcia, Director of International Projects and Emerging Issues, joined dozens of population health researchers for a multi-day summit at The University of Texas Dell Medical…
In the field Kazakhstan

In the Field: TB Control in Kazakhstan

Dec 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
 Today, the temperature in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is expected to reach a high of seven degrees Fahrenheit. Certainly colder than Central Texas -- but that didn’t stop Migrant Clinicians…
Group Photo Panama

Migrants Throughout the Americas: TB and TB-HIV Coinfection Advocacy in Panama

Nov 30, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
  In the leadup to the 2016 summer Olympics, migrants arrived in Brazil in droves to build the infrastructure necessary to host the games. After the work was completed, many migrants, particularly…
Amy Liebman, Veronica Correa, Kerry Brennan, and Zlati Koscina

Support MCN for #GivingTuesday: Former MCNer Raises Funds for Puerto Rico

Nov 14, 2017
By: Claire Hutkins Seda
From left to right: Amy Liebman, MPA, MA Migrant Clinicians Network,  Veronica Correa, LCSW-C, The Personal Wellness Center, Kerry Brennan, Dance Teacher, and Zlati Koscina, The Personal Wellness…
Community healh workers discussing health issues

In the Field: Reaching Rural CHWs in Puerto Rico

Apr 20, 2017
By: Alma Galván
 [Editor’s note: What does it take to bring our worker safety and health programs to Puerto Rico? Here, MCN’s Alma Alma Galván, MHC, takes us through a daylong workshop during her recent trip to the…