During this time, members of underprivileged communities get access to vital basic health care, including free health screenings and immunisations.
In Boksburg the campaign will be held in Angelo informal settlement from 9am to 3pm.
The tent (big blue and white tent) will be set up opposite the Exel Garage by the taxi rank, corner Field and Main Reef roads, Lilianton.
The campaign’s efforts ensures integrated mass health screenings in a bid to promote healthy lifestyles.
Members of the communities attending these events will receive free health services including the following:
- HIV testing and counselling
- TB screening and testing
- Diabetes screening
- Hypertension screening
- Provision of contraceptives
- Immunisations
- Hepatitis screening
Some of the these 120 sites will also offer drug and substance abuse counselling, information on SheConquers – a campaign for Adolescent Girls and Young Women, measles inoculation, polio drops, voluntary male circumcision services and healthy lifestyle education. Additional services will include optometry, dentistry, mental health and more.
The campaign takes place in partnership with the Rotarians for Family Health and Aids Prevention (RFHA), Rotarians in South Africa, PEPFAR, SABC Foundation, Caxton, Phila, Gilead Sciences, Alere, YFM, Cape Community Newspapers, University of Johannesburg, Gift of the Givers, Sesego Cares, Paprika and the NCRF.
