Some N.M. health councils take up climate change as the next big challenge - Santa Fe New Mexican

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And to some of New Mexico’s most grassroots public health organizers, the inverse is also true: Lack of water is a health problem, and one worth tackling.

Five of the state’s county and tribal councils are working on ways to respond to health threats that arise due to climate change, especially drought, said Gerilyn Antonio, a tribal liaison for the New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils. The efforts — in Santa Domingo and Santa Clara pueblos, as well as Bernalillo, Cibola and Quay counties — are being funded by a federal Office of Minority Health grant through New Mexico’s Center for Health Innovation.