The Health Unit’s mandate is to reduce the prevalence of Cancer in our community.  We do this  through a number of programs intended to promote and support healthy lifestyle choices, reduce environmental threats and encourage screening to increase the likelihood of detecting certain types of cancer in their early stages.

The Health Unit works with the Ontario Breast Screening Program to increase recruitment in their program.

The Health Unit also works with community groups, women and health professionals to coordinate services, identify gaps and barriers to screening and develop and implement strategies to increase recruitment for cervical cancer screening.

If you are a community agency and would like to partner with the Health Unit on a project that aims to reduce cervical cancer, female breast cancer, or skin cancer, call 258-2156 x 3100.