Prevention is the key to health

The main causes of ill-health are cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and mental disorders.

Prevention is the key to reducing ill-health and disability arising from disease.

We can do so by:

a. Preventing and delaying the onset of illness and disability through day to day actions like eating well, exercising regularly, not smoking and practising mental wellness;

b. By detecting illness, especially chronic diseases and cancers early, through regular health screening;

c. By minimising disease complications, through taking medication as prescribed and following up with the doctor promptly and regularly