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Public Health New Mexico

Public Health New Mexico

Mission

KUNM‘s Public Health New Mexico reporting project provides in-depth, investigative and continuous coverage of public health in New Mexico, with an emphasis on poverty and educational equity.

We cover the politicians, the policies, and the agencies responsible for sustaining public health and solving poverty. To fully report on these topics, we give voice to those who are voiceless in the media: people and practitioners; advocates and analysts; researchers and activists; and people hoping to build a better way of life. Through our work, citizens are engaged, government is made more accountable, and the profile of public health and poverty is elevated by expanded public discourse and civic engagement.

This project has been sustained by support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and private donors.

KUNM broadcasts on transmitter throughout central and northern New Mexico, reaching more than half the state’s population.  Nielsen Audio Research from Fall 2014 shows 100,000 people a week listen to KUNM.
  • Overdoses in three northern New Mexico counties have increased by as much as 340% as fentanyl levels have been testing much higher than average, according to the Department of Health, which offers free naloxon, also known as Narcan, to revers opioid overdoses at its public health offices.
    VCU Capital News Service
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    Flikr
    Overdoses increase dramatically in parts of Northern New Mexico
    Daniel Montaño
    Opioid overdoses have spiked dramatically in parts of Northern New Mexico according to the Department of Health. Testing revealed significantly increased fentanyl levels are the likely culprits. Overdoses increased by 48% in Rio Arriba County, 104% in Santa Fe County and 340% in Taos County from July through September of this year compared to the same period last year.
  • A new sober housing program aimed at people just leaving detox or residential treatment is coming to Albuquerque. The Albueuqerque City Council unanimously approved a pilot program giving housing vouchers to peopl in recovery, requiring continued attendance to Alcoholics and/or Narcotics Anonymous, and ongoing drug screening.
    MasterTux
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    Pixabay
    Sober housing program coming to Albuquerque after council approval
    Daniel Montaño
    The Albuquerque City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday for a program aimed at helping people in recovery get housing. The Continuing Sobriety Housing Voucher Program will begin as a pilot with up to 25 people. It will be aimed at folks who are exiting detox or residential treatment programs and it will require continued sobriety, and ongoing enrollment in Narcotics or Alcoholics Anonymous. Participants would also be subject to drug screens to maintain enrollment.