The Aga Khan Medical Centre Mwanza will start conducting free breast cancer screening to residents in the region and neighbouring ones starting January next year. This will be a continuation of the similar campaign going on in Dar es Salaam once every month.
It will be performed in Mwanza every last Saturday of each month. The centre’s Manager, Ms Waheeda Khatry, told reporters here yesterday that the screening will start for breast cancer before extending to other conditions like cervical cancer later.
“Our Institution has decided to extend this service to residents in Mwanza Region and will be sustainable. We, therefore, call on all women to take full advantage of this opportunity and check their health status,” she appealed.
Source: Mwanza Aga Khan Medical Centre starts free breast cancer checks
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The history of the Aga Khan Health Services
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The first dispensary, providing free medical services in Dar es Salaam, was established in 1929. A 10-bed maternity home was opened in 1939. In 1948, a nursing home was built, equipped with surgical facilities and 32 in-patient beds. The current 70-bed facility was constructed in 1964. Medical facilities were simultaneously established in the towns of Arusha, Moshi, Mwanza, Morogoro, Mbeya, Iringa, and Dodoma. The construction of a new building was completed in 2000, expanding the Hospital to its current 74 beds. In 2003, the Hospital was awarded the ISO 9001:2000.
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