Global Action On Men's Health
@gamh.org
International network of men’s health organisations and others working for gender-sensitive health care worldwide.
Much new year's excitement in Canada with federal health minister Marjorie Michel expected to launch a strategy on men's and boys' health in 2026 www.piquenewsmagazine.com/national-new...
Federal health minister to launch strategy on men's and boys' health in 2026
Men are about three times more likely than women to die by suicide, a recent report noted. It also found there are significant barriers to accessing care.
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January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Much new year's excitement in Canada with federal health minister Marjorie Michel expected to launch a strategy on men's and boys' health in 2026 www.piquenewsmagazine.com/national-new...
Inside the Growing Movement to Change Men’s Health in Canada: A conversation with our treasurer Kenton Boston and Todd Minerson on the state of men’s health, the cost to communities, and what can be done about it. menshealthfoundation.ca/mental-healt...
Inside The Growing Movement To Change Men’s Health In Canada
With Movember and the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation.
menshealthfoundation.ca
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Inside the Growing Movement to Change Men’s Health in Canada: A conversation with our treasurer Kenton Boston and Todd Minerson on the state of men’s health, the cost to communities, and what can be done about it. menshealthfoundation.ca/mental-healt...
Health equity organisation the Human Foundation have a new report on the pressing public health concern of loneliness among younger men – in a recent poll, 25% of American males aged 15–34 reported feeling lonely “a lot” the previous day assets.humana.com/is/content/h...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Health equity organisation the Human Foundation have a new report on the pressing public health concern of loneliness among younger men – in a recent poll, 25% of American males aged 15–34 reported feeling lonely “a lot” the previous day assets.humana.com/is/content/h...
Excellent article from Mark Brooks on lessons from England on creating a men’s health strategy aibm.org/commentary/l...
Lessons from England on creating a men’s health strategy
A look at why a dedicated Men’s Health Strategy is needed to improve outcomes, reduce preventable deaths, and tackle inequalities.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Excellent article from Mark Brooks on lessons from England on creating a men’s health strategy aibm.org/commentary/l...
Study suggests that giving men a common antidepressant (sertraline) could help reduce domestic violence reoffending theconversation.com/giving-men-a...
Giving men a common antidepressant could help tackle domestic violence: world-first study
A commonly prescribed antidepressant has sparked a reduction in domestic violence reoffending among highly impulsive, violent men.
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December 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Study suggests that giving men a common antidepressant (sertraline) could help reduce domestic violence reoffending theconversation.com/giving-men-a...
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, say experts. Men represent 50% of all infertility cases but poor understanding among GPs means it is often untreated. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, experts say
Men represent 50% of all infertility cases but poor understanding among GPs means it is often untreated
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Failure to diagnose treatable male infertility leading to unnecessary IVF, say experts. Men represent 50% of all infertility cases but poor understanding among GPs means it is often untreated. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
A European Heart Journal review of mortality in male bodybuilding athletes concludes that 'this study should alert the bodybuilding and medical communities to the need for improved preventive measures to promote safer sports participation'. Couldn't be clearer. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
Mortality in male bodybuilding athletes
AbstractBackground and Aims. Premature deaths of bodybuilders have raised questions about the safety and associated risks of this discipline. The main obje
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November 27, 2025 at 9:40 AM
A European Heart Journal review of mortality in male bodybuilding athletes concludes that 'this study should alert the bodybuilding and medical communities to the need for improved preventive measures to promote safer sports participation'. Couldn't be clearer. academic.oup.com/eurheartj/ar...
Listen to Peter Baker & Tim Shand of GAMH on Health Policy and Planning podcast discuss our report Out of Focus: The representation of men in regional and global sexual and reproductive health policy soundcloud.com/user-3475911...
Out of Focus: men’s limited representation in regional and global SRH policy
This podcast was conducted with Natasha Salaria, the Journal Manager of Health Policy and Planning, alongside Dr Tim Shand and Peter Baker. This discussion was based around a Commentary published in H
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November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Listen to Peter Baker & Tim Shand of GAMH on Health Policy and Planning podcast discuss our report Out of Focus: The representation of men in regional and global sexual and reproductive health policy soundcloud.com/user-3475911...
Men's health strategy launched by government with support of Premier League news.sky.com/story/mens-h...
Men's health strategy launched by government with support of Premier League
The strategy's announcement coincides with International Men's Day and Movember - the annual campaign encouraging people to grow a moustache and raise money for men's health initiatives.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Men's health strategy launched by government with support of Premier League news.sky.com/story/mens-h...
In the UK, the London Assembly has published a report on 'Men’s mental health in London’. Among other recommendations it calls on Government to develop an action plan to increase access to, and take up of, Talking Therapies amongst men. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
Big boys don’t cry
The London Assembly Health Committee has published the report: ‘Men’s mental health in London’.
www.london.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In the UK, the London Assembly has published a report on 'Men’s mental health in London’. Among other recommendations it calls on Government to develop an action plan to increase access to, and take up of, Talking Therapies amongst men. www.london.gov.uk/who-we-are/w...
GAMH joins colleagues across the men's health sector in welcoming this morning's announcement from the UK government…
The Forum has warmly welcomed the government's men's health strategy for England announced this morning. Happy International Men's Day. www.menshealthforum.org.uk/forum-welcom...
Forum welcomes Men's Health Strategy
The Forum has joined with the wider men’s health sector to warmly welcome the UK Government’s first ever Men's Health Strategy for England. It is a historic day for us all. Now government and the sec...
www.menshealthforum.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:59 AM
GAMH joins colleagues across the men's health sector in welcoming this morning's announcement from the UK government…
Equimundo’s State of UK Men 2025 in partnership with Beyond Equality, offers a candid, evidence-based look at the realities shaping the lives of men and boys across the UK today. Men’s mental health needs remain deeply unmet. www.equimundo.org/resources/st...
Equimundo's State of UK Men 2025 | Equimundo
Equimundo’s State of UK Men 2025 is a groundbreaking new study developed in partnership with Beyond Equality.
www.equimundo.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Equimundo’s State of UK Men 2025 in partnership with Beyond Equality, offers a candid, evidence-based look at the realities shaping the lives of men and boys across the UK today. Men’s mental health needs remain deeply unmet. www.equimundo.org/resources/st...
We warmly welcome HEAL’s vital new report on chemical pollution and men’s health in Europe by Dr Rossella Cannarella. It draws on several studies linking rises in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and male infertility to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
New report: Chemical pollution driving men’s health crisis | Health and Environment Alliance
A new report commissioned by the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) warns that chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe. Rates of prostate and testicular cancer, as w...
www.env-health.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We warmly welcome HEAL’s vital new report on chemical pollution and men’s health in Europe by Dr Rossella Cannarella. It draws on several studies linking rises in prostate cancer, testicular cancer and male infertility to endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs)
www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
This is a very important new report
New HEAL report!
Chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe.
Prostate cancer, testicular cancer, male infertility are on the rise, and parental exposure can even mean health impacts in the next generation.
Read the report: ➡️ www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
Chemical pollution is fuelling a growing men’s health crisis in Europe.
Prostate cancer, testicular cancer, male infertility are on the rise, and parental exposure can even mean health impacts in the next generation.
Read the report: ➡️ www.env-health.org/new-report-c...
November 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This is a very important new report
Reposted by Global Action On Men's Health
We've still places available on next week's Men's Health Champions training course. It's 17th & 20th November from 10am-12 on both days on Zoom. Check it out. shop.menshealthforum.org.uk/collections/...
Men's Health Champions Training
What is a Men's Health Champion? Men's Health Champions are not health professionals but members of the public (men and women) who care about men's health and want to help improve it. Almost anyone ca...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We've still places available on next week's Men's Health Champions training course. It's 17th & 20th November from 10am-12 on both days on Zoom. Check it out. shop.menshealthforum.org.uk/collections/...
If interested in this important UK initiative, please reply to the Men's Health Forum not GAMH. Thanks.
Gents, what do you think of pharmacies in the UK? How could they do more to help keep us healthier? We're setting up a quick focus group this week to discuss. If interested please reply or contact us through the usual channels.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If interested in this important UK initiative, please reply to the Men's Health Forum not GAMH. Thanks.
Taking testosterone you don't need suppresses the body’s own T production, causes infertility, and increases the risk of blood clots, heart problems and mood disorders. Very few men actually need extra T but there's a lot of money in telling them the opposite. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Social media misinformation driving men to seek unneeded NHS testosterone therapy, doctors say
Endocrinologists warn taking testosterone unnecessarily can suppress natural hormone production
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Taking testosterone you don't need suppresses the body’s own T production, causes infertility, and increases the risk of blood clots, heart problems and mood disorders. Very few men actually need extra T but there's a lot of money in telling them the opposite. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Conversations men don't usually have. This is a nice idea for a discussion: what things about being a man would you roast and what would you toast? This video features the views of a particular group of guys assembled by Movember. What do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcSO...
The conversations men don’t usually have – Roasts & Toasts
YouTube video by Movember
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November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Conversations men don't usually have. This is a nice idea for a discussion: what things about being a man would you roast and what would you toast? This video features the views of a particular group of guys assembled by Movember. What do you think? www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcSO...
The Hidden Toll of Breakups on Men's Mental Health: Relationship loss is one of the strongest yet least discussed triggers for male suicide worldwide, says @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/medi...
The Hidden Toll of Breakups on Men's Mental Health
A new global study reveals that breakup and divorce can sharply raise suicide risk for men—especially younger, isolated, or unemployed men—in the months after separation.
www.psychologytoday.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The Hidden Toll of Breakups on Men's Mental Health: Relationship loss is one of the strongest yet least discussed triggers for male suicide worldwide, says @psychologytoday.com www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/medi...
New research from Healthwatch England for the country's men’s health strategy includes recommendations on NHS Health Checks, prostate cancer screening, mental health and health literacy. Men prioritised continuity of care – seeing the same doctors www.healthwatch.co.uk/report/2025-...
Men's Health: How to improve health outcomes, knowledge and behaviours
Our latest research shows the barriers that men face when seeking care.
www.healthwatch.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
New research from Healthwatch England for the country's men’s health strategy includes recommendations on NHS Health Checks, prostate cancer screening, mental health and health literacy. Men prioritised continuity of care – seeing the same doctors www.healthwatch.co.uk/report/2025-...
We'd like to forget it but we can't. Women who have Covid-19 during pregnancy appear more likely to have children with autism - risk differences were most pronounced among boys and when infection occurred in the third trimester. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
Autism diagnosis rates higher among children born to mothers who had Covid-19 during pregnancy, study suggests | CNN
Children may be more likely to be diagnosed with autism and other neurodevelopment disorders if their mother had a Covid-19 infection while pregnant, according to a new study.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We'd like to forget it but we can't. Women who have Covid-19 during pregnancy appear more likely to have children with autism - risk differences were most pronounced among boys and when infection occurred in the third trimester. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/30/h...
A study of young sexual-minority men in New York City has found that discrimination, internalised homophobia and perceived stress were all significantly associated with worse mental-health outcomes www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/...
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November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
A study of young sexual-minority men in New York City has found that discrimination, internalised homophobia and perceived stress were all significantly associated with worse mental-health outcomes www.mdpi.com/2673-995X/5/...
On 4th Nov, our chair Derek Griffith is presenting a paper based on our sexual health report to this year's American Public Health Assoc conference in Washington, DC. www.apha.org/events-and-m...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
On 4th Nov, our chair Derek Griffith is presenting a paper based on our sexual health report to this year's American Public Health Assoc conference in Washington, DC. www.apha.org/events-and-m...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
On 2nd Nov, our chair Derek Griffith is presenting a paper based on our primary care report to this year's American Public Health Assoc conference in Washington, DC. www.apha.org/events-and-m...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 AM
On 2nd Nov, our chair Derek Griffith is presenting a paper based on our primary care report to this year's American Public Health Assoc conference in Washington, DC. www.apha.org/events-and-m...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
Abstract here: apha.confex.com/apha/2025/me...
ProPublica say a new Trump administration memo is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
ProPublica say a new Trump administration memo is making it more difficult for male veterans with breast cancer to get their health care needs covered by the government. www.propublica.org/article/vete...