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International Men's Day 2022: What is Movember and why you need to know about prostate cancer affecting men

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Updated on: 19 November,2022 03:11 PM IST  |  Mumbai
Nascimento Pinto | nascimento.pinto@mid-day.com

Movember, the annual movement that focuses on raising awareness about men’s health is already underway this November. With prostate cancer being one of the causes, Mid-day Online talks to a city urologist to understand more about the disease in the first part of the series for this month

International Men's Day 2022: What is Movember and why you need to know about prostate cancer affecting men

Every year, the Movember movement which takes place all over the world during November raises awareness about men's health. Image for representational purpose only. Photo Courtesy: istock

Every year, the world celebrates Movember in the month of November to raise awareness about men’s health. The ‘Mo’ in Movember is from ‘moustache’, which founders Travis Garone and Luke Slattery realised wasn’t seen as much then and since then has gone on to become the identity of the movement. It has been conducted by the Movember Foundation since 2003 in Australia and has since seen a lot of people come together at the global level to join the cause. The movement primarily raises awareness about prostate cancer, testicular cancer, and men’s mental health and suicide prevention.

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