Published in Frontiers in Public Health, 9 October 2024, Sec. Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Volume 12-2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1447054 Full article can be downloaded here: Determinants for the humanitarian workforce in migrant health at the US-Mexico border- optimizing learning from health professionals in Matamoros and Reynosa, Mexico Abstract Below. Introduction: Shortages of health professionals is a common […]

Published in Journal of Migration and Health, Volume 10, 2024, 100265 Available online 8 August 2024, Version of Record 12 August 202 Abstract below. Full publication: Health effects and user perceptions of the US Customs and Border Patrol One™ mobile application Background: The number of migrants at the Mexico-US border has increased to historic levels, […]

June 7, 2024 Originally reported by Jennifer Peñate on WCVB5.  Full article linked here.   BOSTON — A doctor who lived through a deadly airstrike in Ukraine is now finding some peace through music thanks to the Boston-based organization Home Base. “The building was just cut in two pieces by airstrike. The underground floor, covered 70 […]

February 24th marks the second anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. GRM has been there for 722 of those days. Responding to an urgent request by the Ukrainian government, GRM is supporting three cohorts of medical teams from the Military Medical Academy, Border GuardsUkraine and National Guards Ukraine, who are tasked with the care of […]

Why Not Both? Revisiting Tourniquet Practices Based on Lessons Learned From the War in Ukraine Published in the Journal of Special Operations Medicine Spring (2024, Volume 24, Edition 1). Full publication: Life Over Limb Publication_JSOM. Abstract below Jessica L. Patterson, MD; Robert T. Bryan, DO; Michael Turconi, BSc; Andrea Leiner, APRN FNP-BC; Timothy P. Plackett, DO, […]

Original posted on WHO, February 24, 2024 Photo credit: WHO/Christopher Black. 730 days since the escalation of the war 3.7 million people are currently internally displaced Over 10,000 civilians have been killed Over 30,000 civilians have been injured 1,603 attacks on Ukraine’s health-care system 118 health workers have been killed ___________________________________________________________________________________ As a consequence of […]

Published in BMC Public Health, 24 Article number: 489 (2024), 16 February 2024 Full article: Epidemiology of asylum seekers and refugees at the Mexico-US border- a cross-sectional analysis from the migrant settlement camp in Matamoros, Mexico Abstract below Christopher W. Reynolds; Allison W. Cheung; Sarah Draugelis; Samuel Bishop; Amir M. Mohareb; Ernesto Miguel Merino Almaguer; […]

by Andrea L., GRM Deputy Director & Chief Program Officer  Franklin Foer’s book, How Soccer Explains the World (2004), and David Winner’s, Brilliant Orange (2000), look at the relationship between a team’s style of play and how it reflects culture and socioeconomic conditions in a country. Watching the 2023 Women’s World Cup with my daughter, […]

Over the last few years, GRM has made a significant impact in Reynosa, Mexico, providing critical medical services to marginalized populations. We have been working together and collaborating with Refugee Health Alliance (RHA), an organization dedicated to serving marginalized and displaced individuals on the U.S.-Mexico border, since 2021. Together, we share a common mission of […]

by Michael Felber, Nurse and volunteer with GRM WARNING! THIS POST CONTAINS SENSITIVE CONTENT THAT SOME READERS MAY FIND DISTRESSING   Over the past year, I have done several volunteer rotations with GRM in Reynosa, Northern Mexico.  Hopefully, this blog will give you an idea of what to expect and to share a few of […]