In his capacity as African Voice Ambassador, Dayo Olomu on Sunday 10 April 2022, completed the Brighton Marathon with a smile on his face to create awareness and raise funds to help bring us one step closer to beating prostate cancer.
Why Prostate Cancer?
According to Dayo Olomu, “On Thursday 21 November 2019, as part of the activities making the national campaign, Movember’ Men’s Health Week, I attended a prostate cancer awareness workshop out of curiosity.
From the workshop, I learnt that deaths from prostate cancer have overtaken those from breast cancer for the first time, with a man dying of the disease every 45 minutes. Men’s reluctance to talk about health and embarrassing symptoms means there is twice as much research into breast cancer, clearly this needs to change. There and then, I decided to support the charity.
In the UK, one-in-four black men will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime – double the one-in-eight risk faced by white men – yet only 14 percent of black men are currently aware of their higher-than-average risk. A wider awareness of prostate cancer will save lives – many thousands of them.
I want to persuade other black men to take control of their health. Statistics show that more than 100,000 men die prematurely each year. On average, men visit their GP half as often as women do. Their reluctance costs both lives and money. Millions of pounds are spent on treatments that might not be necessary if men have just a few simple checks.
They include amongst others cardiovascular problems, diabetes, lung cancer and prostate cancer.
I am doing my little bit, to create awareness for prostate cancer, raise money for the charity and encourage men to do regular medical check-ups.
Late Bishop Desmond Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s, with early discover and treatment, he lived to be 90 years before he died. In fact, I did my skydiving for him to celebrate his 80th birthday and for his charity”.
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