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Effective Strategies for Health Education in Immigrant and Refugee Communities

With over 47 million foreign-born people in the U.S. and more than 20% of the population speaking a language other… Read More »Effective Strategies for Health Education in Immigrant and Refugee Communities

The latest edition of the CDC’s Yellow Book, which offers health guidance for international travelers, contains a chapter on health… Read More »Making Healthcare Accessible: CDC’s New Resource on Communicating with RIM Communities

Dr. Bill Stauffer, senior advisor for the Migration Health Initiative (MHI), was recently named one of Minnesota’s top doctors in… Read More »MHI Senior Advisor Dr. Bill Stauffer Named Minnesota Top Doctor, Advocates for Vaccines

When a leader dedicated to migration health earns national recognition, it reflects years of collaborative work that has transformed care… Read More »MHI’s Dr. Beth Dawson-Hahn Joins Obama Foundation USA Leaders Cohort

Between 2010 and 2022, the number of Afghan immigrants in the United States grew from about 54,000 to 195,000. After… Read More »Group prenatal care model shows promise for Afghan refugee women

Since Dr. Mokrani’s clinic started the water safety conversations and the lessons at the community center, her city has not… Read More »Drowning prevention in Tennessee

MHI created a free, customizable toolkit that equips organizations to create health meetup groups for mothers. It helps mothers to… Read More »Health meetup groups empower mothers

Without MHI’s resources, refugees in Thailand would not have gotten up-to-date information about COVID-19 vaccines, which would impact their ability… Read More »Health education for refugees in Malaysia

Dr. Wheeler recognizes the need for breast and cervical cancer screenings among her female Afghan patients but finds that standard… Read More »Supporting cancer screenings for Afghan women