Monday, June 6, 2018; Silver City, NM: Baudelia “Bala” Salgado, has been named the new director of the FORWARD New Mexico (FNM) Area Health Education Center (AHEC) at the Southwest Center for Health Innovation (CHI). FNM/AHEC is a collaborative partner with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center – UNM Area Health Education Center, […]
06 June 2018 Thursday, May 31, 2018; Silver City, NM: Grant County is a little bit safer than it was last week thanks to the effort of area seniors who took a pledge to better secure their prescription medications. To aid in their endeavor, the seniors received a complimentary medication lock box from the Youth Substance Abuse Coalition (YSAPC). […]
31 May 2018 Thursday, May 31, 2018; Silver City, NM: Grant County is a little bit safer than it was last week thanks to the effort of area seniors who took a pledge to better secure their prescription medications. To aid in their endeavor, the seniors received a complimentary medication lock box from the Youth Substance Abuse Coalition […]
31 May 2018 Wednesday, April 16, 2018; Silver City, NM: Teens interested in a health care career have an incredible new opportunity this summer from FORWARD New Mexico (FORWARD NM). The Teen Academy for Health Sciences (TAHS) is now accepting applications from New Mexico high school students. The summer academy is a three-week non-residential program scheduled from June […]
13 April 2018 Thursday, April 12, 2018, Silver City, NM: When 8th grader Fabio Reyes says, “I want to be an orthodontist”, how seriously do you take his statement? FORWARD New Mexico not only takes Reyes’ aspirations of a career in orthodontics seriously, they sponsor clubs at junior high schools throughout southwest New Mexico to support such lofty […]
12 April 2018 LAS CRUCES – The Unified Prevention Coalition for Doña Ana County (UP!) has a not-so-new face joining as the new program specialist. Julia Rausch assumed the new role last week, transitioning from her previous role as the health promotion specialist at the Doña Ana County Health and Human Services Department. In her new role, Rausch […]
02 April 2018 Washington, D.C. – At its annual Health Action conference on January 26, Families USA, together with partner health equity, civil rights, and consumer health organizations, announced the creation of the Health Equity Task Force for Delivery and Payment Transformation. This first-of-its-kind Task Force brings together leading experts and organizations with the goal of developing a policy […]
15 February 2018 Two new publications from the Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI) feature our CEO Charlie Alfero. He serves on the panels that discuss rural health policy and innovative ways to interconnect services for better health outcomes for individuals and communities. Click the link to download the papers. Taking Stock: Policy Opportunities for Advancing Rural Health: The […]
13 January 2018 Thursday, December 14, 2017; Silver City, NM: After a short hiatus, the Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (YSAPC) returns this month, now aligned with a new nonprofit and led by a new coordinator, A.J. Sandoval. A Grant County native, Sandoval is a graduate of Cobre High School and Western New Mexico University. “I’m glad to […]
13 December 2017 August 8, 2017; Silver City, NM: When a teenager says, “I want to be a doctor”, how seriously do you take their statement? FORWARD NM not only takes them seriously, the program is designed to make teenagers’, and college students’, dreams of a career in health care come true. To make those career dreams a […]
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