EMHF has adopted the following general definition of men's
health: A male health issue is one arising from physiological,
psychological, social, cultural or environmental factors that
have a specific impact on boys or men and/or where particular
interventions are required for boys or men in order to achieve
improvements in health and well-being at either the individual
or the population level. Men's health is unnecessarily poor
There is overwhelming evidence to support the contention that
men's health is much poorer than it need be. This is a problem
not just for men but also for women, for service providers and
for society in general. Many men die prematurely, and in higher
numbers for nearly all causes of deaths. Male life expectancy
can be much shorter in some countries, but recent examples of
the gap slowly closing in some countries tend to indicate that
contrary to popular belief, biological factors may only be but
one factor influencing male relatively poorer health. Men can be
reluctant users of health