Welcome to the New Mexico Department of Health. To ensure health equity, we work with our partners to promote health and well-being and improve health outcomes for all people in New Mexico.
Strategic PlanThe New Mexico Department of Health works in many ways to promote, preserve and protect your health. Below are just a few of our programs, all of which provide some of the most requested and important services we provide to you.
Our Vital Records office collects, processes, corrects and issues copies of birth and death certificates.
More InformationEnsures patients have safe access to medicine for a number of qualifying health conditions, and licenses non-profit producers and dispensaries in the state.
More InformationWIC is the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). It is a federal program administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and our Public Health Division.
More InformationRequest copies for shot records as well as child and adult immunization information.
More InformationAs more states move to restrict and prohibit access to reproductive care, New Mexico will continue to not only protect access to abortion, but to expand and strengthen reproductive health care throughout the state.
More InformationThe NMHealth Environmental Public Health Tracking program helps you learn how the environment may affect health statewide.
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Make talking about family health a holiday tradition
That’s what National Family Health History Day is about. Occurring every Thanksgiving Day, it encourages sparking the important conversations that don’t always happen in families.
Youth survey indicates improved mental health and reduced substance use
The New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) shows from 2021 to 2023, adolescent mental health improved after eight years of worsening. Adolescent alcohol, nicotine and other substance use decreased following years of decline.