Our Mission:
To diminish the global burden of prostate cancer by enhancing local, national, and international advocacy, and awareness building capacities and access to affordable and appropriate care.
Our Goals:
No man on our planet should be denied access to prostate cancer information, diagnosis or treatment.
The Global Prostate Cancer Alliance (GPCA) is an inclusive collaboration of all prostate cancer stakeholders from around the world. No one is charged a fee to join and everyone is encouraged to participate, collaborate and share knowledge and technical assistance.
We are an international leader in facilitating local and national prostate cancer advocacy and awareness dialogue and media connections.
We promote understanding of local issues through dissemination of leading edge news and development of media, online education, archives, and publications.
We foster efficient and effective local, national and international strategic planning through information sharing and partnering between members and other stakeholder organizations.
We develop and sustain a system for global delivery of advocacy resources and information to the array of stakeholders who must work together to ensure that the rights and interests of trial participants, eventual users, and communities are fully represented and respected in the scientific and product development processes.
We do not provide medical diagnosis or treatment advice. Patients should discuss medical decisions with licensed clinicians.”
Our Practice:
The GPCA was founded in 2012 and is a grassroots coalition of worldwide patient facing prostate cancer nonprofit organizations. the GPCA is a fiscally sponsored project, by Malecare, the USA national prostate cancer patient support and advocacy nonprofit organization.
The GPCA operates independently from Malecare and is directed solely by GPCA members. GPCA is a fiscally sponsored program of Malecare, Inc. Malecare provides fiduciary and legal oversight. GPCA’s program priorities are guided by GPCA members through a member-led advisory structure.
You can see Malecare’s board and advisors page, audit oversight committee page, conflict of interest, whistleblower, document retention, donor privacy, gift acceptance, sponsorship compliance, nondiscrimination, and AI and data protection statements at https://malecare.org/about
Operation and management costs are low (less than US$2,000.00 per year) because we use donated, free, and low-cost digital services and resources. Malecare covers these costs. Occasionally, the Global Prostate Cancer Alliance creates an online event or research prostate, for which we seek charitable external funding. An unwavering tenet is that external funders have no sway or say in our programming and activities. All programming and activities are determined by the Global Prostate Cancer Alliance membership.
Equality:
Our in-person, round table style meetings support the concept that there are no elite or minor prostate cancer stakeholders. All members of the Global Prostate Cancer Alliance sit among each other with equal value. Sometimes we will have open-house style in person meetings which might include non-affiliates who are interested in our work as well as members. And, we will experiment towards creating the most useful and economical methods of sharing ideas and building collaborations.
Our goal is to create open discussions that are idea provoking, technology sharing and alliance building.
Privacy:
When you email GPCA or request membership information, your message and contact details are handled by Malecare staff and systems. For patient communities hosted on third-party sites, the privacy and moderation practices of those platforms apply in addition to our own policies. Please review those policies from the external communities and organizations before posting health details or personal information.
Funding:
The Global Prostate Cancer Alliance is a program of Malecare, Inc., a New York nonprofit organization recognized by the Internal Revenue Service under section 501(c)(3). Malecare’s EIN is 13-4057382. GPCA is not presented here as a separate tax-exempt corporation. Unless a different arrangement is stated in writing, contributions designated for GPCA are received by Malecare and used for GPCA-related work consistent with Malecare’s charitable mission.
The Global Prostate Cancer Alliance is funded and temporarily governed by Malecare Cancer Support. More information about Malecare and its Board of Directors, can be found at http://malecare.org/about/ and http://malecare.org/about/staff/