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Ottawa launching countrywide survey in buildup toward formal men’s health strategy
The survey aims to address high premature male deaths and healthcare gaps, with 75,000 Canadian men dying early in 2023 from mostly preventable causes, officials say.
- Yesterday, Ottawa announced in Ottawa a national online survey as a first step toward a national men's health strategy.
- Advocacy group Movember and University of British Columbia researchers called for a national strategy last summer, citing 75,000 men died prematurely in 2023 and delayed treatment issues.
- Health Canada said it is partnering with Movember Canada to run the survey, which will launch in early March and run until the beginning of June, and Marjorie Michel urged public participation.
- Health Canada estimated economic effects, saying taxpayers would save $12.4 million annually with improved men's health outcomes, "with billions more in increased productivity," citing Movember research; Canada would join South Africa, Malaysia, Brazil and the U.K. with a men's health strategy.
- The British report noted that `good health is not a zero-sum game and improving the health and well-being of men and women are complementary objectives`, while three out of four U.K. suicide deaths in 2024 involved men.
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Ottawa launching countrywide survey in buildup toward formal men's health strategy
The federal government is taking its first steps toward developing a national men's health strategy, launching a survey for Canadians to weigh in.
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