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Mission
The New Mexico Department of Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program is dedicated to improving access to high-quality breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services for women who are under served, and to increasing public awareness through education about prevention, disease processes and the importance of annual well-woman exams for early detection.
 Breast & Cancer Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program |
NMDOH BCC Program
The New Mexico Department of Health Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection (BCC) Program provides age-appropriate accepted standard-of-care breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to eligible low-income women statewide.
You may call the BCC Program’s bilingual, toll-free information line to find out if you MAY be eligible, and to find the nearest BCC medical provider(s) in your city or area to contact. The medical provider will make the FINAL DETERMINATION regarding your eligibility.
1-877-852-2585
Since it was established in 1991, the BCC Program has provided services to more than 125,082 women, including:
- ♦ 210,887 clinical breast exams
- ♦ 132,151 mammograms
- ♦ 194,386 Pap tests
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Early detection is your best protection!
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| If you would like to see a brochure about the BCC Program, click on the images above (either English or Spanish). To print the brochure, set your printer to duplex (print on both sides), choosing “open to left” or “flip on short edge.” Fold the brochure twice to have a trifold brochure. |
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| If you would like to read a fictional story about a woman whose experience with the BCC Program helped to her discover she had cancer early, click on the images above (either English or Spanish). To print the magazine, you’ll need 11×17 size paper. Set your printer to duplex (print on both sides), choosing “open to left” or “flip on short edge.” Fold the magazine in half. |
The BCC Program has developed a media campaign to encourage women aged 30 and older to find out if they are eligible for a free Pap test and mammogram. Three spots were developed – two in English, one in Spanish.
View them here:
| BCC Cares About Me 1 |
BCC Cares About Me 2 |
BCC Cares About Me – Spanish |
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