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CANSA Western Cape
What CANSA Does with Your Donation to Support those Affected by Cancer
Watch a video about the work CANSA does with regards to research, advocacy and education aimed at lowering cancer risk and raising awareness of cancer, cancer screening to promote early detection and care and support services for cancer patients, caregivers and loved ones…
Read morePublished: 9 November 2019
Updated: 22 September 2023
Categories: CANSA Eastern Cape, CANSA Free State, CANSA Gauteng, CANSA KwaZulu-Natal, CANSA Limpopo, CANSA Mpumalanga, CANSA North West, CANSA Northern Cape, CANSA Western Cape, Fundraising Events & Projects, Recent Posts
CANSA Screening at SPAR Pharmacies – Western Cape
We are excited to launch our new partnership with Pharmacy at SPAR. Pharmacy at SPAR and CANSA are able to offer cancer screenings at 32 Pharmacy at SPAR branches nationwide. Screening offered includes Pap smears to detect cervical cancer, and Clinical Breast Examinations for women, as well as PSA blood screenings for men to help […]
Read morePublished: 5 November 2019
Updated: 12 December 2019
Categories: CANSA Western Cape
Compass Medical Waste Services Efficiently Disposes of CANSA’s Medical Waste
The public can rest assured that all of the medical waste that CANSA creates is being processed and disposed of as it should be, thanks to Compass Medical Waste Services.
Read morePublished: 27 May 2019
Updated: 28 May 2019
Categories: CANSA Care Centres, CANSA Free State, CANSA Gauteng, CANSA KwaZulu-Natal, CANSA Limpopo, CANSA Mpumalanga, CANSA North West, CANSA Northern Cape, CANSA Western Cape
CANSA and ‘Iloveboobies’ Work Together
When a passion for extreme mountain biking, emotions for a loved one lost and the will to make a difference collide, it reaches epic proportions in communities. CANSA and Iloveboobies are taking hands and taking cancer screening to the communities.
Read morePublished: 30 July 2017
Updated: 11 March 2021
Categories: CANSA Western Cape
Women’s Health Drive with CANSA Mobile Clinic in Clanwilliam
On the 5th of August 2015, during CANSA Care Week, the CANSA Mobile Women’s Health Drive was concluded with a Women’s Health outreach in Clanwilliam in partnership with Department of Health, Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereniging (ACVV), HIV initiative and MSAT Sederberg. The morning was opened by Rev Samantha Valentyn, who spoke with compassion to the […]
Read morePublished: 6 August 2015
Categories: CANSA Malmesbury Virtual Care Centre
CANSA Western Cape at the Western Cape Tobacco Task Team WNTD event
CANSA Cape Metro is part of the Western Cape Tobacco Task Team, which is lead by the Western Cape Department of Health). An annual event is held for World No Tobacco Day and this year’s event on Tuesday 26th May 2015 was very well attended with a number of esteemed speakers. Topics What is the […]
Read morePublished: 1 June 2015
Updated: 1 June 2015
Categories: CANSA Western Cape, No-Tobacco Campaign
KANSA Mobiele Kliniek Besoek Matsikama & Sederberg
Die KANSA Mobiele Kliniek het die Matsikama en Sederberg Munisipale streek gedurende Julie 2014 besoek. Dit was reëntyd in die Sandveld Namakwaland streek, maar Sr Tertia van Zyl het deursettingsvermoeë aan die dag gelê en het in 19 dae 285 papsmere en 330 borsondersoeke gedoen. Die vrouens wat bereik is, bly sover as Molsvlei, Kliprant […]
Read morePublished: 1 August 2014
Updated: 10 November 2014
Categories: CANSA Malmesbury Virtual Care Centre
CANSA Cape Metro Hosts No Tobacco Workshop With Traditional Healers
CANSA Cape Metro hosted a workshop with the Traditional Healers Forum Members as part of World No Tobacco Day on the 30th May 2014. CANSA is part of The Tobacco Task Team of the Western Cape. Dorothy du Plooy, CANSA’s Executive Manager of the Southern Business Unit, presented the dangers of snuff and other smokeless […]
Read morePublished: 14 July 2014
Updated: 7 April 2026
Categories: CANSA Cape Metro Care Centre
Health Promotion by Varsity College 4th year students focussing on No Tobacco
CANSA asked the 2014 4th year student Block at the Varsity College, Cape Town, to do a study on the knowledge, beliefs and perceptions on Tobacco, as 2014 World No Tobacco Day focussed on youth. They presented their findings and then proceeded to develop a health promotion activity at the College to raise awareness on Tobacco related […]
Read morePublished: 23 June 2014
Updated: 23 March 2015
Categories: CANSA Cape Metro Care Centre, No-Tobacco Campaign
Hubbly Bubbly Study done by 4th year UCT MBChB Students
Hubbly Bubbly: Masquerading the Dangers 18 November 2013 – It’s a centuries-old Eastern practice that’s gained worldwide acceptance in recent years. But the water filter and fruity flavours of the hookah pipe, or hubbly bubbly, mask a toxic cocktail of compounds. These are nicotine, carbon monoxide, formaldehyde, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, and lead. Insufficient knowledge about the […]
Read morePublished: 10 January 2014
Updated: 4 June 2024
Categories: CANSA Cape Metro Care Centre, CANSA on the Move for the Youth, No-Tobacco Campaign, Research Findings
CANSA George Care Centre
How We Help You: Contact or visit us, we’d like to offer you & your loved ones care & support. 103 Merriman Road, George, 6529 P.O. Box 1428, George, 6530 Tel: 044-874 4824 (services) | 0800 22 66 22 | info@cansa.org.za Facebook Like the CANSA Western Cape Facebook Page to keep up to date with […]
Read morePublished: 26 May 2012
Updated: 27 May 2026
Categories: CANSA George Care Centre
CANSA Cape Metro Care Centre
How We Help You: Contact or visit us, we’d like to offer you & your loved ones care & support. 7 Dunbar Avenue, Athlone Tel: 021 689 5347 | 0800 22 66 22 | info@cansa.org.za Facebook Like CANSA Western Cape Facebook Page to keep up to date with our community education & screening programmes, care & support […]
Read morePublished: 26 May 2012
Updated: 27 May 2026
Categories: CANSA Cape Metro Care Centre
CANSA Paarl Care Centre
How We Help You: Contact or visit us, we’d like to offer you & your loved ones care & support. No 2 Monte Rosa Building, 276 Main Road, Paarl, 7646 Tel: 021-873 6358 | 0800 22 66 22 | info@cansa.org.za Facebook: Like the CANSA Western Cape Facebook Page to keep up to date with our […]
Read morePublished: 26 May 2012
Updated: 27 May 2026
Categories: CANSA Paarl Care Centre
KANSA Mobiele Eenheid besoek Weskus-distrikte
Gedurende Julie en Augustus 2011 het KANSA in samewerking met die Departement van Gesondheid ‘n gesondheidsprojek geloods in die Matsikama- en Sederberg-distrikte. Die KANSA Mobiele Eenheid is gebruik om uit te reik na gemeenskappe in dorpe en op plase in Vanrhynsdorp, Klawer, Vredendal en Lutzville (Matsikama-streek), en in Clanwilliam, Graafwater en Leipoldtville (Sederberg-area). Vroue is […]
Read morePublished: 26 November 2011
Updated: 13 November 2017
Categories: CANSA Malmesbury Virtual Care Centre, Screening & Cancer Control
