Good to know that NTUC is doing things for
women.
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SINGAPORE: The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has partnered NTUC
Women's Development Secretariat to promote women's health at the
workplace.
Under the partnership, the secretariat will get the 1,700 women
union leaders to encourage companies to sign up for the Workplace
Health Promotion Grant. This will be done through platforms such as
health talks between the secretariat and the women union
leaders.
The grant was extended from S$15,000 since July, with an additional
S$5,000 for companies to organise women-centric health
events.
Dr Amy Khor, Senior Minister of State for Health, said: "We hope
that more employers will take advantage of the grant to make cancer
screening more accessible and affordable to
employees.
"This is important as cervical cancer and breast cancer rank
amongst the top 10 most common cancers amongst Singaporean women.
Some of the companies that have already made use of the grant
include Chandrani Enterprise, Virtual HR and Makino
Asia."
- CNA/ac