PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE: PREVENTATIVE CARE BENEFIT

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The SAMWUMED Preventative Care (PBC) and early detection benefit provides members with an opportunity to take ownership of their own health. The PCB benefit programmes includes but not limited to.

SCREENINGS:-

Screening Test: Flu vaccine

2023: Up to one vaccination per beneficiary per annum.

Age: Adults.

Screening Test: Type II diabetes.

2023: Up to one screening per beneficiary per year.

Screening Test: Pneumococcal vaccine

2023: Up to one vaccination per beneficiary 65 years and older and for beneficiaries aged 2 to 64 years who are at risk of serious pneumococcal disease per lifetime.

Age: From age 20

Screening Test: Total Blood Cholesterol.

2023: Annually for high-risk members

Age: 18 years and older.

Screening Test: Blood Pressure.

2023: Up to one screening per beneficiary per year.

To receive the full list of screenings, download our 2023 Benefits Brochure available on our website.  

*Please be advised that these tests are conducted at Doctor’s rooms and at Pharmacies that have a clinic inside with a nurse.

 

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