Tanzania, March 17 -- Dar es Salaam. Aviation professionals in Tanzania will receive free health screening under a new initiative aimed at improving safety in the sector through early detection of medical conditions that could affect performance at work.

The screenings, organised by the Aerospace Medical and Training Centre (AMTC), will start on March 31 at Abeid Amani Karume International Airport in Zanzibar before continuing at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam from April 1 to 2.

The programme will include tests for high blood pressure, blood sugar, malaria, haemoglobin levels, prostate cancer, cervical cancer and breast cancer.

Speaking to journalists in Dar es Salaam, AMTC chief executive officer Nasra Nassor Om...