ARUSHA, June 6 -- RESIDENTS in remote areas of Arusha District Council are increasingly benefitting from mobile health clinic services offering breast and cervical cancer screening, a life-saving intervention that is helping women detect diseases at an early stage and access timely treatment before conditions become severe, costly, or fatal.

The initiative is implemented under the East Africa Womens Cancer Project, a regional programme funded by the French Development Agency, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Aga Khan Development Network through the Aga Khan Foundation, in collaboration with government health professionals.

The project is designed to strengthen cancer prevention, early detection, and treatment services, while...