In partnership with the Eastern Cape department of Health we hosted USAID for a full health screening of our workers.

USAID is an American organisation that supports the South African Government’s TB and HIV programs by screening and providing over 1.4 million antiretroviral treatments to more than two million HIV infected people. The USAID team had their latest technology in TB detection there, the Gene Xpert, providing same day results for TB tests.

A variety of other screenings were also available including blood pressure, cholesterol, HIV, Glucose, Pap smear as well a a phycologist to discuss the test results.

All the screenings were voluntary, confidentially and professionally done for our employees.

The wellness day was a huge success. Information and early detection is powerful tool in healthcare. Our hopes are that our employees were left informed an could make lifestyle adjustments to promote good health.