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Quick online test determines diabetes risk March 21, 2024 - Diabetes Prevention and Control - Awareness

In a state of just over two million people, around 255,000 New Mexican adults had diabetes and over 587,000 New Mexican adults had prediabetes in the years 2020 through 2022. « read more »



State’s Family Connects home visiting program achieves national certification March 18, 2024 - Maternal Health - Awareness

Today, the New Mexico Department of Health (DOH) and New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced that their light touch nurse home visiting program, Family Connects New Mexico (FCNM) earned certification through Family Connects International only a year after launching... « read more »



New ECHO Program launching to increase Colorectal Cancer screening in New Mexico March 15, 2024 - Public Health - Awareness

This month, a joint program between the Mexico Department of Health’s (NMDOH) Comprehensive Cancer Program, UNM’s Comprehensive Cancer Center, the American Cancer Society (ACS), and Project ECHO is launching to raise awareness about the importance of colorectal cancer screening. The New Mexico C... « read more »



We can all take steps to prevent childhood traumatic brain injury March 13, 2024 - Injury Prevention - Awareness

The Department of Health (NMDOH) and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish are recognizing Brain Injury Awareness Month by promoting prevention of childhood TBI, commonly known as concussions. « read more »