Attmed Health Centre

🌍💙 Join Us for World Diabetes Day! 💙🌍

We’re excited to invite all community members to AttMed Health Centre for our World Diabetes Day event!
Let’s come together to raise awareness, share knowledge, and support one another in the fight against diabetes.

📅 Date: 14 November 2025
🕘 Time: 09:00 AM
📍 Venue: 85 Komane Street, Atteridgeville

Come learn about prevention, management, and healthy living through free screenings, educational talks, and fun community activities! Let’s take a step toward a healthier future — together! 💪💙

📍 AttMed Health Centre
🗓 Thursday, 22 May 2025
🕘 From 09:00

Join us for May Measurement Month (MMM) — a global campaign to raise awareness about high blood pressure.

Take this free opportunity to check your blood pressure and understand your risk. High blood pressure often has no symptoms, but it can significantly increase your chances of stroke, heart attack, and kidney failure.

✅ Free blood pressure checks.
✅ Health information and education.
✅ Open to all — no booking required.

Come check your blood pressure and know your numbers!!!

March 24 is World TB Day. TB is still a devastating disease that affects many in our country. The key to fighting TB is early detection of the symptoms, which is done during regular screening. Once diagnosed, treatment should be started immediately, which entails taking specific antibiotics for six months. TB is curable if treatment is taken for the correct duration and regularly. Starting treatment early on people who are diagnosed with TB helps to stop the spread of TB.

Please get in touch with your doctor or the nearest clinic if you have the following symptoms:
Loss of weight
Loss of weight
Tiredness
Fever or Night Sweats
persistent cough
Sputum which has blood stains
Sometimes chest pain

🌟 You're Invited to Our Diabetes and Well-Being Community Event! 🌟

Join us for an informative and inspiring day dedicated to Diabetes and Well-Being, hosted by Attmed Health Centre. This event aims to bring our community together to promote understanding, support, and healthy living for the community.

🔵 Join Us for a Diabetes Awareness Event! 🔵
📆 Date: 18 November 2023
🕒 Time: 09:00AM
📍 Location: 85 Komane Street Atteridgeville
Hello, community members! 💙 We're excited to invite you to our Diabetes Awareness Event, an empowering gathering dedicated to raising awareness about diabetes, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and supporting those affected by this condition. Together, we can make a difference! 🌟
✨ Event Highlights:
🔹 Informative Talks by Diabetes Experts
🥗 Nutritional Workshops
🏋️‍♀️ Exercise and Fitness Tips for Diabetes Management
🧘 Stress Management and Mental Well-being Sessions
🩸 Free Blood Glucose Screenings
🤝 Supportive Community Networking
This event is not just for individuals living with diabetes; it's for everyone who wants to learn, support, and advocate for a healthier future. Let's come together to share knowledge, inspire positive changes, and foster a sense of community. Your presence can make a significant impact! 💪
🔹 Admission: Free for all! No registration required.
Help us spread the word! Tag your friends, family, and colleagues who might benefit from this event. Let's create a supportive environment where questions are answered, experiences are shared, and hope shines bright. See you there! 💙
For event updates and additional information, stay tuned to our page. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Together, we can raise awareness and make a positive impact! 🌼

May is Asthma Awareness month and Tuesday 02 May 2023 is World Asthma Day. World Asthma Day was established by the Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) in 1998. It takes place on the first Tuesday of May. Asthma is a chronic illness that needs regular long-term treatment. Unfortunately, we still have people dying from this condition. It can be controlled and patients can lead a symptom-free life.

In South Africa, treatment is available in both the public and private sectors. Patients need to access treatment at the primary care level and aim to have well-controlled asthma by using effective medication and avoiding or preventing visits to the emergency department. We need to improve awareness about Asthma and aim for screening and early diagnosis and correct management to prevent complications. Throughout the month of May, Attmed will post links to help with education on Asthma.

According to GINA, the theme for 2023 is "Asthma Care for All," which advocates for "increased accessibility and availability of high-quality medical care to reduce the disproportionate number of deaths and hospitalizations caused by Asthma in low and middle-income countries due to limited access to asthma care"

March is TB awareness month, and on 24 March we observe World TB Day. According to South African History Online (SAHO), TB is the leading cause of death in South Africa, and has been for the past 2 decades.

One of the best ways to manage TB is through prevention. “As a country, we just have to go back to the basics of primary healthcare. We have to prevent diseases even before they occur. We have to act now” Health Minister, Aaron Motsoaledi, July 2010.

TB is considered a preventable and curable disease.
Some of the ways to prevent TB:
* The TB BCG vaccine is mandatory in South Africa and is given to infants at birth.
* Identify people who have active TB, through regular screening and prompt treatment of people diagnosed with TB.
* If a family member is diagnosed with TB, they must wear a mask around family members and the public.
* Good ventilation is important. Keep windows and doors open.
* Avoid being around people with active TB.
* People with active TB need to cough or sneeze into a disposable tissue and then dispose safely.
* Hand washing and sanitizing are important.
*Know if you are at risk (children, elderly, living with HIV)
* Lead a healthy lifestyle (good nutrition and reduce the use of alcohol, cigarette, and drugs)

ALWAYS REMEMBER PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE

World Family Doctor Day
May 19, 2022
World Family Doctor Day (FDD) – 19th May - was first declared by WONCA in 2010 and it has become a day to highlight the role and contribution of family doctors and primary care teams in healthcare systems around the world.

This celebration is the perfect opportunity to acknowledge the central role of Family Doctors in the delivery of personal, comprehensive and continuing health care for all patients. It’s also a chance to celebrate the progress being made in family medicine and the special contributions of primary care teams globally.

We are now thrilled to announce this year’s theme: Family Doctors, Always There to Care!

The 3 Pillars of World Family Doctor Day 2022

ALWAYS

Family Doctors are present at all times, and continuity is a fundamental feature of their work. They continuously provide care in all stages of patients’ lives, and throughout the big and small moments. Continuity is also present in care through the ongoing follow-up carried out to patients, where coordination with other levels of care and health care professionals is crucial. Lastly, continuity represents their constant preparation and skills development, uninterrupted research, and the ability to adapt and build resilience to change, technologies, methodologies, and educational strategies.

THERE

Family doctors and primary care professionals are there, wherever and whenever needed. Always at the front line —in war, health crises and times of peace. They are part of the communities they work with, proactively reaching and engaging with members, sharing their core values, creating a unique connection with their patients, and building bonds of trust.

CARE

Delivering accessible, equitable, sustainable, high-quality care is Family Doctors' raison d'etre. Being a Family Doctor is both a privilege and a responsibility, always looking after people and providing what is necessary for their welfare and protection, identifying their patients' needs to guarantee the fundamental right to health.

Join World Family Doctor Day using the hashtags:





Stay tunned with new updates and materials coming soon!

SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT DIABETES IN NOVEMBER!

World Diabetes Day is a global occasion on which people with diabetes, health professionals, diabetes advocates, media, the general public and government organisations unite to raise awareness of diabetes. Your participation – both in the build-up to and following 14 November 2020 – is key to the success of the campaign and taking part can be exciting and hugely rewarding!

If your region or community is observing physical distancing guidelines due to COVID-19, you can set up online activities.

To mark World Diabetes Day 2020, the International Diabetes Federation is organising a Twitter chat on The Role of the Nurse in Diabetes Care.

HERE ARE SOME IDEAS OF HOW YOU CAN GET INVOLVED:

Organise a diabetes information session for residents in your community.

Organise a ‘Learn about diabetes’ event in schools or through online learning platforms.

Exercise in blue or join the Global Diabetes Walk.

Help people learn their potential risk of type 2 diabetes with our online test.

Organise a themed activity with your healthcare team.

Arrange an activity with your work colleagues.

Organise, sponsor or take part in a local diabetes fair.

Keep COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions in mind and hold events remotely.