Who we are

 

FEMAMA, The Brazilian Federation of Philanthropic Breast Health Institutions, is a non-profit, NGO, organized to bring a reduction in the death rates of breast cancer in Brazil. We are present in the majority of Brazilian states through association with other NGO’s, influencing the creation of a unified agenda of public policies towards breast health.

Femama was founded on July 22th, 2006 in Sao Paulo during the meeting Visao de Futuro 2006-2015 (View to the Future) by Imama, The breast health Institute of Rio Grande do Sul. There were 32 founding partners, from philanthropic institutions, private enterprise representatives, and volunteers from various parts of Brazil. The need to create Femama stems from the project Te Toca Brasil (Brazil Get a Grip) which is the union of institutions linked to fight breast cancer with aligned objectives.

Since its foundation, Femama’s focus has been to widen unite the medical community, the government and the general population to have access to information, guarantee access to mammograms, to fight for mammogram quality, reduce the waiting period between diagnosis and treatment, and to pool resources aimed at unified federal breast cancer policies.

The challenges have been great, but greater still are our efforts and the scope of our work. We have been awarded the American Cancer Society First Prize in Excelencia Latina, and have had our victory walks, pink October and the approval of law number 11664, which allows for an annual free mammogram, by the hantional health system (SUS) to all women over the age of forty. Amongst other achievements we have had breast health awareness campaigns and have strengthened our links with our affiliated members.