Rotary Family Health Day is coming
Annual Rotary Family Health Days campaign coming soon
The Health Department will once again be launching a campaign aimed at bringing health services closer to the community. Community members are invited to attend the Rotary Family Health Days campaign, which is part of the Department’s accelerated health programme. This annual campaign will be rolled-out simultaneously at 120 sites and areas across the country over the three days from 3 to 5 October.
The campaign gives impetus to the Department’s efforts to ensure integrated mass health screenings in a bid to promote healthy lifestyles. Community members attending will receive free health services including HIV testing and counselling, TB screening and testing, diabetes, hepatitis and hypertension screenings, provision of contraceptives, and immunisations.
Some of the the 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, and mental health.
The campaign will take 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.
For more information, please visit: https://rfhdsouthafrica.org or www.health.gov.za or call the toll-free number: 0800 012 322. Alternatively, go to the Facebook page: RotaryFamilyHealthDaysSA or the Twitter handle: @RFHD_ZA.
The Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi is inviting members of the public to attend the Rotary Family Health Days campaign. The operation serves to bring integrated health services closer to the communities as part of the Department’s accelerated health programme. This annual campaign will be rolled-out simultaneously in 120 sites and areas over a period of three days across the country from the 3 to 5 October.
The campaign gives impetus to the Department’s efforts to ensure integrated mass health screenings in a bid to promote healthy lifestyles. Community members attending will receive free health services including HIV Testing and Counselling, TB Screening and Testing, Diabetes, Hepatitis and Hypertension Screenings, Provision of contraceptives and Immunizations.
Some of the the 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, and mental health.
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.
For more information, please visit: Website: https://rfhdsouthafrica.org or www.health.gov.za Toll Free Number: 0800 012 322 Facebook: RotaryFamilyHealthDaysSA Twitter: @RFHD_ZA
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