General Info

Is a statewide non-profit health agency, Funding is provided though the New Mexico State Department of Health, corporate gifts, private contributions and memberships. The Council, organized in 1972, was the first agency in the state to establish programs Sickle Cell Disease Our Mission To provide state wide education, blood screening, genetic counseling and referrals for Sickle Cell Conditions, and to serve Sickle Cell Disease patients and their families through support and social services.