CANSA Mobile Health Clinics & MANVan
CANSA has seven Mobile Health Clinics travelling to remote areas throughout South Africa to reach women and men who would otherwise not have access to screening, including the CANSA Hollard MANVan:
- Gqeberha
- Bloemfontein
- Bedfordview (Hollard MANVan)
- Pretoria (Blue Bulls Mobile Clinic)
- Durban
- Nelspruit
- Cape Town
CANSA Mobile Health Clinics
Queries:
- Lorraine Govender lgovender@cansa.org.za (Eastern Cape | Southern Cape | Northern Cape | Western Cape | Free State)
- Olivia Curlewis ocurlewis@cansa.org.za (Gauteng | North West | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | KZN)
CANSA Hollard MANVan
The CANSA MANVan, in partnership with Hollard, provides a mobile health clinic that delivers health checks and cancer awareness sessions directly to communities across the Gauteng, North West and Limpopo provinces. This is a unique, one of a kind offering targeting men.
The MANVan is a compact mobile clinic which can access remote venues to provide education, awareness and screening offerings to individuals. The programme empowers the man in the street to lower his cancer risk and to support the diagnosed prostate and testicular cancer patients to take control of their own cancer journey.
The MANVan is operational in the Gauteng | North West | Limpopo.
Queries MANVan:
- Olivia Curlewis ocurlewis@cansa.org.za (Gauteng | North West | Limpopo)
Screening Offered:
- Blood pressure
- Blood sugar level
- BMI and a body composition analysis
- PSA blood test*
- Skin scanner analysis – FotoFinder skin screening ( on request)
- Health awareness sessions offering advice on improving health and providing information on the early signs and symptoms of various cancers
* PSA is a protein produced by both cancerous (malignant) and non-cancerous (benign) prostate tissue. High PSA levels may indicate inflammation of the prostate or even cancer. A blood test can establish if PSA levels are raised. Read more about PSA screening & how to interpret test results…
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