You could be forgiven for thinking that Manchester’s men are suffering from some kind of hive mind with the amount of them that have committed to the ‘mo’, but in actual fact, many of them will be doing it to raise awareness for a number of men’s health causes.
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00:00Hello and welcome to Manchester World. Now if you've seen any of our explainer videos this week,
00:04you may have noticed a rather unconvincing mustache adorning my face. The reason for that is Movember.
00:08It's a movement that began a fair few years ago now and it's charitable endeavour that is centred around men's health across a few key
00:13topics. First is mental health and suicide prevention because according to the Movember website, one man dies by suicide every minute of every day
00:20across the world. They're encouraging men, particularly young men, to join together in groups or even just talk to their friends if they're ever having
00:26any worries. Second is research towards prostate cancer which can affect 1 in 8 UK men. Globally, more than 1.4 million men are diagnosed each year
00:34and it's really important that men understand enough about the disease to get checked. And finally, testicular cancer is the third focus.
00:40It's the most common cancer in young men in the UK and although survival rates are incredibly high, it's again really, really important that young men in particular
00:47know how to check themselves out. All you need to do if you want to support Movember is go to the Movember website and click donate,
00:52talk to your friends, communicate with each other, make sure that you understand enough
00:56about all of those causes that you can look after yourself and those that you care about.