LOUISIANA BREAST AND CERVICAL HEALTH PROGRAM (LBCHP) AWARDED RECORD $2 MILLION GRANT TO SCREEN WOMEN FOR CANCER
Exceptional work by program results in maximum available grantThe Louisiana Breast and Cervical Health Program (LBCHP), which performs breast and cervical cancer screenings (including mammograms and Pap tests) at no cost to low-income, uninsured and underinsured women across the state, was recently awarded the maximum amount for 2014-2015. LBCHP’s exceptional performance in providing these screenings was one reason that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) not only continued the grant for the program, which has been in existence since 2002, but increased it. “The CDC has