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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 1d

In the USA, suicide kills more Gen Z adults than 10 years ago when millennials were the same age. Most of the increase (85%) is among Black and Hispanic men. There is no one cause of suicide but Gen Z was the first generation to grow up with the internet stateline.org/2025/10/02/s...

Suicide claims more Gen Z lives than previous generation • Stateline

For Gen Z adults, the oldest of whom are now reaching their late 20s, suicide is taking more lives than 10 years ago when millennials were the same age.

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 8d

Prostate cancer screening bill before New Zealand parliament seeks approval for a 4-year, free, risk-stratified pilot prostate cancer screening programme in two NZ regions—one in the North Island and one in the South Island www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Prostate cancer screening bill before NZ Parliament

On Sept 14, 2025, New Zealand First introduced the Health (Prostate Cancer Screening Services) Amendment Bill to Parliament. The bill seeks approval for a 4-year, free, risk-stratified pilot prostate ...

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 8d

Study in Iran reported in @nature.com identifies sex disparities in opioid and stimulant poisoning - a rare regional study www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Gender differences in opioid and stimulant poisoning in the central region of iran: a cross-sectional study - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Gender differences in opioid and stimulant poisoning in the central region of iran: a cross-sectional study

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

Letter from Israeli and US academics to International Journal of Cancer urges the UN High-Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases to back vaccination for all to make elimination of all HPV-related cancers a global health priority - not just cervical cancer. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Comment addressing the 2025 Zero Draft: A global call for HPV elimination

Click on the article title to read more.

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

Mexico's 2025 National Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Campaign, will include boys for the first time – part of an effort to immunise more than 2.5 million children and adolescents across the country. mexicobusiness.news/health/news/...

Mexico Extends HPV Vaccination to Boys in 2025 Campaign

Mexico expands its HPV vaccination campaign to boys for the first time, aiming to immunize 2.5 million children and adolescents.

mexicobusiness.news

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

Our CEO Peter Baker calls for action on men and cancer in his new article for the British Journal of Nursing. Cancer is a major factor in the life-expectancy gap. Worldwide it causes 43% more deaths in
men than in women. gamh.org/wp-content/u...

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

The excellent new report by Movember on Ireland is now out. It's a familiar picture with men in Ireland dying way too young from causes that are largely preventable www.irishtimes.com/health/2025/...

Two in five men in Ireland die before the age of 75, report finds

Men in Ireland dying too young from causes that are largely preventable, Movember charity research outlines

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

Still in Scotland, men most at risk of dying from drugs, alcohol or suicide in Scotland are a “policy blind spot”, according to health economics researchers. healthandcare.scot/stories/4287...

Young men's deaths of despair overlooked in policy

Men most at risk of dying from drugs, alcohol or suicide in Scotland are a “policy blind spot”, according to health economics researchers. In its 2025 annual review of health and socio-economic inequ...

healthandcare.scot

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 15d

The Scottish government has published a report on Men's mental health in Scotland. The country has the highest male suicide rate in the UK. bprcdn.parliament.scot/published/20...

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 21d

A scoping review of the influence of gender norms on post-migration men finds they largely carry pre-established beliefs of sex/gender roles from home country to host. The negative repercussions on relationships/SRH behaviours must be acknowledged
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The influence of gender norms on post-migration men’s sexual and reproductive health: A scoping review

Migration exposes people to unfamiliar gender roles and sexual views, influencing the ways they care for their sexual and reproductive health (SRH). Migrant men’s health is overlooked in care and rese...

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 22d

Women in India are more likely to get cancer. Men are more likely to die from it. www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

Why more women get cancer in India - but more men die - BBC News

Women account for just over half of all new cases, but men make up the majority of deaths.

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 22d

Our latest Men's Health Champions training workshop takes place next week (23 & 25 Sept, 10am-12 on Zoom). The most effective way to make your group or organisation men's health friendly. Book your place. shop.menshealthforum.org.uk/products/hea...

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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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 22d

The latest Men's Health Champions training from our friends at the Men's Health Forum (Great Britain) takes place next week (23 & 25 Sept). The most effective way to make your group or organisation men's health friendly. shop.menshealthforum.org.uk/products/hea...

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...

shop.menshealthforum.org.uk

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 22d

Key new paper from Paul Galdas of the Univ of York setting out a blueprint for men's health policy including how to redesign systems to engage men earlier and respond more effectively. It's UK-grounded but designed to inform international policy debates. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Designing men's health policy: the 5R Framework

Despite growing awareness of gendered health inequalities, men remain under-represented in public health policy and practice. They have shorter life e…

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 22d

Our latest newsletter is now available - all the global men's health news you need and it's free. mailchi.mp/75f9a8e63d36...

Your international men's health newsletter from GAMH

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 27d

Excellent article on male suicide in The Lancet Public Health identifies a paradox: the more visibly distressed a man becomes, the more likely he is to be excluded from services. Awareness without system readiness risks eroding trust and engagement www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Men's mental health: we need systems, not symbols

The UK Government is currently developing the country's first national strategy on men's mental health.1 Male suicide is a priority—rightly so, given men account for approximately 75% of suicide death...

www.thelancet.com

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · 29d

Is it ‘inevitable’ that men die more than five years earlier than women? asks Stat10. Certainly not, say GAMH chair Derek Griffith and our board member Ron Henry. Interesting piece from Olivia Goldhill www.statnews.com/2025/09/09/h...

Is it ‘inevitable’ that men die more than five years earlier than women?

Men die five years earlier than women, a gap that's only grown in the last few decades. Why aren't we doing more to fix it?

www.statnews.com

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Sep 8

New York Times magazine asks the question: What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor? The answer, in this in-depth article from Helen Ouyang, includes some interesting insight from GAMH chair Derek Griffith… @nytimes.com @drdmgriffith.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/m...

What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Sep 8

A systematic review looking at diet and prostate cancer suggests the overall, er, takeaway is that adopting balanced, plant-forward, and anti-inflammatory diets may support better prostate cancer prevention and management www.urologytimes.com/view/systema...

Systematic review highlights diet’s role in prostate cancer outcomes

Surprisingly, the Mediterranean diet—which has shown benefits in other areas of health—was not consistently linked to prostate cancer risk reduction.

www.urologytimes.com

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Sep 3

Our CEO Peter Baker has just addressed the European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. There will be almost 3 million new cases of prostate cancer a year by 2040 and the mortality rate is set to rise by 85%. GAMH say it's time for a new global initiative. More at: epad.uroweb.org/for-whom

The Meeting - EPAD

The European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (EPAD25) features an online programme on Wednesday 3 September 2025 from 14:30 - 16:00 hours CET.

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Sep 2

Our CEO Peter Baker is speaking at tomorrow's European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day. There will be almost 3 million new cases of prostate cancer a year by 2040 and the mortality rate is set to rise by 85%. Time for a new global initiative. More at: epad.uroweb.org/for-whom

The Meeting - EPAD

The European Prostate Cancer Awareness Day (EPAD25) features an online programme on Wednesday 3 September 2025 from 14:30 - 16:00 hours CET.

epad.uroweb.org

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Aug 28

And here's the original research from the Conversations about Suicide course in Australian Men’s Sheds www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Suicide prevention training in older men: a cluster randomised controlled trial of the Conversations about Suicide course in Australian Men’s Sheds

Delivering the Conversations about Suicide course in Men’s Sheds could improve the suicide prevention skills of older men in the community.

www.thelancet.com

Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Aug 28

Great to see male-focused research in The Lancet. This comment piece picks up vital research into suicide in older men which shows that meeting men where they are, in places such as Men’s Sheds, provides a valuable opportunity for intervention. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Advances in our understanding of how to prevent suicide in older men

The Article by Amy J Morgan and colleagues1 in The Lancet Healthy Longevity is a key advance in universal suicide prevention interventions for older men aged 65 and over in Australia, with implication...

www.thelancet.com

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Aug 27

Register for our webinar on HPV prevention for gay, bisexual and men, including trans men, who have sex with men, hosted by GAMH, NOMAN and ILGA World, the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: HPV prevention for gay, bisexual and men, including trans men, who have sex with men. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...

Gay, bisexual and men, including trans men, who have sex with men (GBMSM) are at much greater risk of an HPV infection that leads to cancer or genital warts. GBMSM are unprotected by HPV vaccination p...

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Global Action On Men's Health @gamh.org · Aug 26

Our next webinar is in our Men, Cancer and HPV series and will be on HPV prevention for gay, bisexual and men, including trans men, who have sex with men (GBMSM). 16th Sept 1600 BST. gamh.org/webinars/

Webinars - GLOBAL ACTION ON MEN’S HEALTH

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