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Mens Health gains more attention, Part I

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Government increases investment in tests related to male health. Men go to the doctor less and most die before reaching age

Sao Paulo - The Ministry of Health provides a 20% increase in the number of ultrasound scans of the prostate, taking responsibility for early diagnosis of malignant tumors by next year. The goal, part of the National Men's Health, is that the number of procedures rose from 78 thousand in 2008 to 110 thousand by 2010, with an investment of $ 4.4 million. The information is the Agency Brazil.
The package, released yesterday by the Ministry of Health, provides for an increase of up to 570% in performing urologic procedures and family planning, such as vasectomy. The goal is that 2.5 million Brazilians aged between 20 and 59 years seeking health services at least once a year.

The estimate of the National Cancer Institute (Inca) is that 49,530 men have prostate cancer this year alone. The number represents a ratio of 52 cases of the disease for every 100 thousand men. According to the Inca, the mortality rate from prostate cancer, which was 6.3 for every 100 thousand in 1979, rose to 13.9 in 2006. An au - ment of 120%.

The number of surgeries to treat such diseases and cancers of the female genital tract will increase by 10% per year from 100 thousand in 2008 to 110 thousand in 2009. In 2010 were 121 thousand cases. According to the ministry, the initiative will expand access to treatment, for example, penile cancer - tumor related to low socioeconomic conditions and poor hygiene. A survey of the Brazilian Society of Urology (SBU) indicates that at least a thousand men have the penis amputated every year in Brazil because of the disease.

Vasectomy

The government will increase by 148% the amount allocated to the vasectomy performed in outpatient clinics and 20% the amount for the procedure requiring hospitalization. The goal of the Ministry of Health is spending 35 thousand to 50 thousand vasectomies performed annually at clinics in 2010.

The strategy aims to equal $ 306.47 for the money to clinics and hospitals for each sterilization surgery. The idea is to encourage the increase in outpatient operation. Around 69% of vasectomies are performed with admission, which, according to the ministry, should be directed to more complex surgeries.

More deaths

The government warns that non-adherence to measures of overall health among men leads to increased incidence of disease and mortality. Figures from the Ministry of Health show that the total deaths in the age group 20 to 59 years - the target population of the new policy - 68% were men. That is, the three adults who die in Brazil, two are men, approximately. The latest death data consider the year 2005.

In addition, figures from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) show that although life expectancy for men has increased from 63.20 to 68.92 years from 1991 to 2007, it still remains below the 7.6 years average women. And they are more likely to develop hypertension, diabetes, cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and heart disease.



Source: Folhapress

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