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A Summer of Health: Keeping Up with the Ventanillas

A Summer of Health: Keeping Up with the Ventanillas

Aug 29, 2024
By: Jannette Nuñez
Migrant Clinicians Network is well known for our extensive health trainings and support that we provide across the nation – but we are also committed to providing health and wellness resources and…
FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

FAQ: COVID-19 and Migrant, Immigrant, and Food & Farm Worker Patients

Aug 8, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network continues to receive questions from our clinical network on COVID-19 and vaccines for migrant, immigrant, and farmworker communities. Here, we offer our…
Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Avian Flu on Dairy Farms: What Clinicians and Dairy Worker Patients Need to Know

Apr 17, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has arrived in dairy farms in eight states across the United States in recent weeks. One dairy worker became infected with avian flu when the virus jumped from…
Farmworker Awareness Week: New “Adults Get Vaccinated Too!” Resources in Spanish and English

Farmworker Awareness Week: New “Adults Get Vaccinated Too!” Resources in Spanish and English

Mar 27, 2024
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Every year, preventable illnesses harm migrant farmworkers because they have not had routine vaccines. Illnesses like tetanus, meningitis, COVID-19, and the flu can be prevented, or their severity…
Celebrating a Year of Health and Community: Austin VdS by the Numbers

Celebrating a Year of Health and Community: Austin VdS by the Numbers

Jan 11, 2024
By: Jannette Nuñez
From vaccination clinics to specialized health screenings and educational sessions, the Ventanilla de Salud (VdS) in Austin, Texas has made a lasting impact on the well-being of the community.…
New MCN Resource: Misinformation and Disinformation Toolkit for Clinicians and Public Health Workers

New MCN Resource: Misinformation and Disinformation Toolkit for Clinicians and Public Health Workers

Nov 30, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Migrant Clinicians Network has created a new toolkit for clinicians and public health workers to respond to the negative and deadly impacts of mis- and disinformation, which has increased since the…
MCN’s New COVID Resource Hub and Updated COVID Resources

MCN’s New COVID Resource Hub and Updated COVID Resources

Nov 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
With a deceleration in the fast-changing world of COVID-19, MCN has been able to reassess the accessibility of our COVID-19 resources. MCN has redesigned how clinicians and others can access our…
New Learning Collaborative Series Strengthens the Capacities of Health Workers to Improve Response to Public Health Emergencies in Puerto Rico

New Learning Collaborative Series Strengthens the Capacities of Health Workers to Improve Response to Public Health Emergencies in Puerto Rico

Oct 5, 2023
By: Myrellis Muñiz Márquez
In one small community in Puerto Rico, a young man was reluctant to get vaccinated for COVID-19 – until he got sick. After infecting several vulnerable people with multiple chronic conditions and…
The Updated COVID Vaccine Is Here. Who Should Get It, Why, and When? What about RSV and Flu Shots? Your Questions Answered.

The Updated COVID Vaccine Is Here. Who Should Get It, Why, and When? What about RSV and Flu Shots? Your Questions Answered.

Sep 19, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The updated vaccine is shipping to health centers, health departments, and retail pharmacies across the US after its approval last week by the FDA and release of recommendations by the CDC. While…
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…
Dr. Trinidad Solis: Mobile Services, Telehealth, and Resources for COVID Can Prepare a Community for the Next Health Crisis

Dr. Trinidad Solis: Mobile Services, Telehealth, and Resources for COVID Can Prepare a Community for the Next Health Crisis

Aug 7, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
The COVID-19 pandemic provided many lessons to clinicians that they can continue to utilize beyond the pandemic. These lessons need to be studied and discussed in order to properly prepare for…
New Flip Chart & Guide to Protect Your Community from Infectious Diseases like COVID-19

New Flip Chart & Guide to Protect Your Community from Infectious Diseases like COVID-19

Jul 25, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Infectious diseases, like COVID-19, can kill. But communities with access to good health information can protect themselves. Community health workers (CHWs) are a key component in providing…
New Study Finds COVID Outcomes Tied to Patient’s Preferred Language

New Study Finds COVID Outcomes Tied to Patient’s Preferred Language

Jun 15, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
An analysis released last month found that people with language preferences other than English or who need an interpreter took longer to access COVID-19 vaccination, and were more likely to be…
New MCN Podcast Miniseries on COVID’s Lasting Impact

New MCN Podcast Miniseries on COVID’s Lasting Impact

Jun 1, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Is there more to learn about COVID care for vulnerable communities? Turns out, there are a lot of critical strategies that most outpatient clinicians aren't aware of. Aiming to help primary care…
Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Then and Now: COVID Exacerbated Health Inequities, But Also Built Opportunities for Ongoing, Trusted, Culturally Contextual Public Health Responses

Jan 19, 2023
By: Amy Liebman
Migrant Clinicians Network is a national nonprofit dedicated to health justice. We have two primary audiences: the frontline clinicians who serve immigrants, and the immigrant and migrant…
Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Start Prescribing Paxlovid, Please! Immigrants & Migrants Need Access.

Jan 11, 2023
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Paxlovid, the highly effective treatment against COVID infection, is underprescribed in the US, particularly for the underserved. For example, Hispanic populations were 30% less likely to be…
COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

COVID Kills Almost 300 People A Day. To Save Lives, MCN Supports Hyperlocal Effective Campaigns.

Dec 7, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
When bivalent vaccines arrived in September, Ashish Jha, the White House coronavirus response coordinator claimed they represented "a really important moment in this pandemic." Days after its…
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…
New Mini-Documentary Celebrates FQHC Vaccination Outreach in Puerto Rico and St. Croix

New Mini-Documentary Celebrates FQHC Vaccination Outreach in Puerto Rico and St. Croix, Virgin Islands

Sep 12, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
As vaccines became available in US territories, numerous obstacles to vaccination arose, including gaps in infrastructure as a result of economic instability and natural disasters, and widespread…
Still impacted by the pandemic, Immigrant workers share concerns about COVID-19

Still Impacted by the Pandemic, Immigrant Workers Share Concerns About COVID-19

Aug 16, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
Hannia Benitez and her coworkers are concerned. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, the staff at El Vinculo Hispano, a North Carolina nonprofit serving Hispanic communities, has…
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…
Peletah Ministries members gathered

Partner Spotlight: Peletah Ministries

May 5, 2022
By: MCN Admin
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Community Health Worker (CHW) safety has increasingly been highlighted as a topic of concern. Over the span of MCN’s many COVID-19 learning…
Vaccine Acceptance Among Clinicians and What This Means for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities

Vaccine Acceptance Among Clinicians and What This Means for Refugee, Immigrant, and Migrant Communities

Apr 7, 2022
By: Robert Kinnaird
A new paper describing health care worker COVID-19 vaccine confidence and acceptance shows that clinicians who work with immigrant communities were more vaccine acceptant. In Healthcare worker…
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…
FWAF staff

Partner Spotlight: Our Partners in Florida

Mar 15, 2022
By: Migrant Clinicians Network
For rural health initiatives, partnership and collaboration are vital tools for getting people vaccinated and meeting the needs of communities where these initiatives operate. In Florida, many…