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COLLABORATION MOVEMBER � FEFOC: AN ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTION WITH THE CANCER OF PROSTATE

Movember is an idea born in Australia and spread now by other countries. His motto is: �Cambiando her facing the health of the man �. One of his targets is to help in programs dedicated to the cancer of prostate. In our country they have chosen FEFOC as foundation would be of benefit of his activities.

Movember is a word that arises from the union between november (November in English) and mustache (mustache also in English). This word names an international event to collect funds and to destine them to programs dedicated to the health of the man. The idea that gives base to this action is the observation that there are many projects and associations on topics of feminine health but few ones for the men. To collect funds, the participants leave mustache to themselves to attract attention and this way to increase the public sensitization. At the end of the campaign, Movember celebrates a Gala every year in that men who have allowed the mustache to grow in confidence come to a contest to see which he is the winner inside several categories (to see details in www.movember.com).

Movember (http://www.movember.com/) has elected the prostate cancer as one of his big projects. Seeing the success of the program in Australia, the founders have decided to repeat the event in different countries of the world, looking in each one, entities that could carry out concrete programs on prostate cancer, like the diffusion and the campaign to raise public awareness of this problem of health. In our country, FEFOC has been the foundation chosen to be a trustee of the resources that Movember obtains and to destine them to our programs on prostate cancer. FEFOC has a line especially dedicated to cancer of consolidated prostate and that consists basically of groups of support, this web page and meetings of public education to announce this illness and the possibilities of precocious detection and different types of treatment.
From FEFOC we are grateful for initiatives of this type and urge to the participation in the next campaign in November, 2009.


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