A woman seeking asylum in the US and waiting in Mexico, is tested at a clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. A humanitarian organisation led by US military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas. But Global Response Management is attempting to go beyond mere crisis response and build a system to make it easier to track the health of migrants along their journey from Central America. — AP
MATAMOROS, Mexico: Aurora Leticia Cruz has tried to keep up with her blood pressure medication since fleeing Guatemala more than a year ago, but the limbo she finds herself in – stuck in a sprawling camp at the Texas border after traversing Mexico – has made that hard.
When Cruz felt woozy on a recent day as her blood pressure skyrocketed, it could have ended in tragedy, leaving her 17-year-old granddaughter and two great-grandchildren under three alone in the camp in Matamoros. But instead, a nurse practitioner from Oregon and a Cuban doctor, who like Cruz is awaiting US asylum proceedings, were able to pull up her medical record and prescribe the correct dosage.
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A woman seeking asylum in the US and waiting in Mexico, is tested at a clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. A humanitarian organisation led by US military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas. But Global Response Management is attempting to go beyond mere crisis response and build a system to make it easier to track the health of migrants along their journey from Central America. — AP
Aurora Leticia Cruz seeking asylum in the United States sits in her tent in Matamoros, Mexico. Cruz has tried to keep up with her blood pressure medication since fleeing Guatemala more than a year ago, but the limbo she finds herself in has made that hard. A nurse practitioner from Oregon and a Cuban doctor, who like Cruz is awaiting US asylum proceedings, were able to pull up her medical record and prescribe the correct dosage. — AP
A young boy seeking asylum in the US is tested for Covid-19 antibodies at a clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. Led by US military veterans, Global Response Management is staffed by volunteers primarily from the US and paid asylum seekers who were medical professionals in their homelands. The group has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in Matamoros, including one inside the camp. — AP
Tamayo, right, talks with Carrasco at a clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. Led by U.S. military veterans, Global Response Management is staffed by volunteers primarily from the U.S. and paid asylum seekers who were medical professionals in their homelands. 'If this group wasn't here,' Tamayo said later. 'Many people would be in very bad shape.' — AP
Medical notes and a computer are used to help with tracking at a clinic for people seeking asylum in the US, in Matamoros, Mexico. A humanitarian organisation led by US military veterans has treated thousands of migrants over the past year at two clinics in a Mexican town across the border from Texas. — AP
