22 Feb 2017

Minister of Health and Wellness, Ms Dorcas Makgato is expected to officiate at the SADC Healthy Lifestyle Day commemorations to be held the Letshego open space in Maun on February 24.

A statement from the Ngami District Health Management Team (DHMT) says the event will be commemorated under the theme ,Risk Factors of Today Are Diseases of Tomorrow.

The statement also says the day aims to raise awareness on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases such as cancer, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.

It also intends to promote sustained healthy behavioural change such as increasing physical activity, healthy diet, screening and early detection and discouraging substance abuse, which can help prevent such diseases.

Activities will last four weeks and will include blood donation on the first week, child health week themed ,Healthy Eating Starts at Childhood, on the second week.

The third week will feature the well woman week under the theme, I Won’t Let My Flower Die and Physical activity while activities in the last week will be held under the theme , Walk the Talk. BOPA