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We also asked Dr Diaz Musa about a problem area in medical screening.
It is no secret that men are less likely to visit a doctor than women. And it's one of the reasons why cancer appears to be more prevalent among women - it's just that they are the ones going to the doctor to get screened.
The Director of Health and Wellness told us today about how they are enhancing the way they target men's overall health.
Melissa Diaz Musa, Director, Public Health and Wellness
"Yes we have really vamped up we have really tried our best to invest in the health education unit going out to businesses and going out to places where people would not normally come in to get tested so we do testing blood sugar, we do body mass index we have a nutritionist we have the health educators and we try to encourage people to come in to get tested. I had mentioned in my speech about the HPV testing we are doing to eliminate cervical cancer this is disease that is preventable and we must work towards getting as many women in the age range of 25-49 tested with and HPV swab."
