Health-Related Community Services for South Asian Women
Physical Well-being
Provides comprehensive medical treatment, specialist care and women’s health services
District Health Centre members can receive subsidized women’s health services including health assessments, cancer screening and health education
Provides affordable healthcare for women, including prenatal and postnatal care
Offers a range of women health services including free cervical cancer screening and subsidized contraception options
Free breast cancer screening is offered to ladies over 40 with low income status
The South Asian Health Support Programme regularly holds health-related classes and health checks for the ethnically-diverse community
Mental Well-being
Operates the “Call Mira” helpline to support women and girls and offers free individual counseling in English and South Asian languages
Conducts self-help and mutual help groups for ethnically-diverse women
Apply to the nearest ICCMW in your district for free mental health support
Translation & Interpretation Services
Provides on-site, telephone and written interpretation and translation services in 19 languages
Provides free/subsidized interpretation, translation, language training and integration programmes