FM World Charities is a not-for-profit organization that works to promote public health and improve the quality of life in under served communities throughout the world. FM aims to increase awareness of issues pertaining to public health and wellness while also providing basic primary care to those without access to health care.
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FM World enlists celebrities and media personalities to help accomplish its goals and projects.
History
Eric Gast veteran music producer and mixer is the Founder and CEO.
The Internal Revenue Service has revoked FM World Charities' tax exempt status for not filing the proper paperwork three years in a row.
Preventative Health Care & Skin Cancer Screening
One of the goals of FM World Charities is to increase awareness of common, treatable illnesses among all populations. The most common causes of disease leading to death around the world are strikingly similar. Cardiovascular accidents (heart attack, stroke), neoplasm (cancers of all types), diabetes mellitus and infectious diseases are the most often seen. One large problem is that many of these conditions are preventable or easily treated if diagnosed early.
FM World Charities tries to help provide adequate health care by working to screen for common illnesses before they become life-threatening. One concept they developed is providing health screening sessions during concerts and other public events to increase the number of individuals being screened for these conditions and introduce the idea of preventative health care to a young audience. For example, the incidence of skin cancers is increasing rapidly throughout the world. A small lesion that develops when a person is 20 years of age will often be ignored for years before it becomes symptomatic and life-threatening. Early diagnosis and treatment is the key to avoiding these problems.
Vision and Services
A small tent or room is set up to include a physician and nurse to quickly evaluate each person. The trained visual eye most often does this technique. However, small, handheld machines are becoming popular to evaluate questionable lesions and will make it easier to screen larger numbers of people. Photographs of the lesions are taken and later re-evaluated. If there is anything suspicious about the lesion, the patient is contacted by mail or phone and directed to the appropriate medical facility for confirming diagnosis and follow up treatment.
Future Goals
As mentioned above, screening for potential skin cancers is only one of many types of screenings that can be done. FM World Charities tests for abnormal blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol levels, which can help diagnose the most common problems leading to illness and death. The charity is currently working on a mobile testing system.
The charity is also planning on establishing a mobile unit that may be used to travel around the countries where they are working and set up in a specific location to screen populations that may not necessarily be able to attend one of their events. FM plans to use sponsored merchandise giveaways and media personality appearances to increase attendance at these screenings.