MEDIA ROOM

To change the face of men’s health is an ambitious challenge, but it is a challenge that Movember is committed to addressing through the programs that we invest in around the world. As one of the largest non-government strategic investors in men’s health programs, we are uniquely placed to play a significant role in improving the health outcomes of the men that we serve.

Movember is having an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. Globally, Movember is focused on three primary cause areas: mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.  Details about the over 1,250 projects Movember has funded to date across more than 20 countries can be found here. All programs are facilitated by Movember and are aligned to Movember's strategic priorities.

 

Men's Health Programs

Movember programs include those aimed at broadening awareness and understanding for mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Movember’s mental health programs aim to address and deliver mental health programming tailored for men of all ages.

Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

Mental health is an integral part of health. We invest in programs to help men and boys stay mentally healthy.

  • 3 of 4 suicides by death are men.

  • Men often aren’t comfortable talking about significant life events, such as becoming a father, breakdown of a relationship, job loss, or financial troubles.

  • Oftentimes, men don’t have good social connections, which can lead to loneliness, which has a negative effect on health, and don’t usually recognize when they’re experiencing a mental health issue.

  • Stereotypical forms of masculinity are killing men. For a man to ask for help can be seen as failure, because by convention men feel they should be in control at all times.

Movember hopes to keep men and boys mentally healthy by strengthening their mental health resiliency through the establishment of strong social networks. Movember aims to challenge the “rub some dirt in it” mentality that many men face, and instead encouraging men and boys to feel comfortable being open about their experiences and feelings, particularly when it comes to significant life events like becoming a father and the loss of a job or relationship.

All programs are facilitated by Movember and in line with the Board's strategic priorities. To learn more about Movember men's health initiatives, see the projects we fund.

Prostate Cancer

We invest in research and health services that contribute to less men dying from prostate cancer and for those that live with the disease a greatly improved quality of life, both physically and mentally.

  • 1 in 9 Canadian men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.

  • A man diagnosed with prostate cancer faces many difficult choices when it comes to which treatment options are best for him.

  • Men living with and beyond prostate cancer may experience significant on-going side effects from treatment, including incontinence, lack of sexual function, bowel problems, anxiety and depression, pain, nausea and fatigue.

Movember's True NTH global program is working to improve the lives of those men and their families who are living with and beyond prostate cancer, to learn more click here.

Testicular Cancer

We invest in research and health services that contribute to no man dying from testicular cancer and for those that live with the disease a greatly improved quality of life, both physically and mentally.

  • Testicular cancer is the most common cancer in young Canadian men aged 15-34 years.

  • There is the feeling that a 95% cure rate is a success story. For the majority of men who are diagnosed with testicular cancer, the prognosis is great. But for the 1 in 20, this is still a death sentence.

  • Even in those who are effectively cured of the disease, some will have life long effects from the toxic therapies that are used to cure them of cancer.

Because people don’t see this as a large social problem, testicular cancer is desperately underfunded and Movember is tackling the testicular cancer issue through research, health services, ensuring testicular cancer is a public priority and educating men about the disease and what action to take.