As this pandemic continues to unfold, the world continues on. Migrants continue to seek a better life, vulnerable people struggle to get the care they need, health care workers put their lives on the line to care for others. At MCN, we’ve been very busy sharing resources, fielding questions, and supporting clinicians. Here are some articles that we shared at MCN this week. As National... Read More
Migrant Clinicians Network has been hard at work fielding clinician requests for guidance as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the anxiety it produces, stretch into even very rural communities. To reduce obstacles to participation for those in the fields or at home, we headed to Facebook Live over our typical online platforms. Last week, MCN’s Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, and Amy K.... Read More
Cuando una lesión en el trabajo te lleva a trabajar en la educación de los derechos de los trabajadores: Entrenamiento para entrenadores en Laredo, TX
Diariamente, en todas las áreas de trabajo las personas se enfrentan al riesgo de lesiones. Desde lesiones agudas que ocurren en un instante hasta condiciones de salud que se desarrollan después de meses o años de tensión o exposición, todos los trabajadores corren el riesgo de incidentes en el trabajo. Enfrentando complicaciones como las diferencias culturales y el lenguaje y estatus migratorio... Read More
By Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical OfficerIn the second week of March 2020, I had the privilege of traveling to Puerto Rico for the first time, and visiting our Migrant Clinicians Network office in San Juan. MCN has been involved with primary care in Puerto Rico for many years and especially after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in September 2017. In the months following the... Read More
By Ed Zuroweste, MD, Founding Medical Director, and Laszlo Madaras, MD, MPH, Chief Medical OfficerYou’ve heard about the symptoms before. It can at first seem like the flu -- fever, night sweats, fatigue -- but it’s the persistent cough that wears people down. This terrifying infectious disease has already spread all over the world -- and it’s deadly. It kills more people than any other... Read More
Como comunicar medias preventivas en tiempos de pánico: Prepárate antes de que se desarrolle una emergencia. Si no puedes prepararte antes, entonces al menos, comienza ahora
Alondra es una mujer de 37 años que vive con su familia en un pequeño apartamento de una habitación. Cuando el coronavirus golpea a su comunidad, ella comienza a tener muchas preguntas. Si me enfermo, ¿cómo puedo mantener a mis hijas y esposo lejos de mí en un espacio tan pequeño, cuando usualmente duermo en la sala de estar? ¿Quién cuidará a mis dos hijas si mi esposo y yo nos enfermamos? ¿Cómo... Read More
Spring has sprung! The first day of spring -- most evident in the early harvests of asparagus, lettuces, and other tender crops in the markets today -- arrives just a few days before the start of National Farmworker Awareness Week. The Student Action for Farmworkers (SAF) encourages organizations to take action to support farmworkers in their communities or nationwide. For example, this year, the... Read More
Streamline: #MeToo in the Fields: New Video and Curriculum to Eliminate Agricultural Worker Sexual Harassment
Cast and crew of training video filming. Yakima, WA | September 2019[Editor’s Note: This article, reprinted from the winter issues of Streamline, MCN’s in-print quarterly publication, reviews a new set of resources to battle sexual harassment in the fields of Washington State. As agricultural workers head back into the fields to plant and harvest spring’s bounty, these resources may be helpful in... Read More
Recursos para compartir sobre el COVID-19, además del siempre solidario acompañamiento a nuestra red de proveedores de servicios de salud
El avance tan acelerado del coronavirus ha desbordado clínicas y centros de salud de todo el país, pero no sólo como resultado del aumento de las visitas de los pacientes. Los proveedores de servicios de salud de todo el mundo se sienten inundados de preguntas de pacientes y colegas que son difíciles de responder, y diariamente reciben nueva información, recomendaciones y recursos tempranos de... Read More
The fast-paced coronavirus has overwhelmed clinics and health centers around the country -- but not only as a result of the increase in patient visits. Clinicians everywhere are feeling inundated with questions from patients and colleagues that are hard to answer, and are receiving new information, recommendations, and early resources from the CDC and others every day. In addition to struggling... Read More
