Trend Male-predominant crises in the Global South do not fit Western men's health frameworks
Summary
GWI's Men's Wellbeing Initiative argues that opioid-driven productivity epidemics, trafficking-fuelled stimulant crises and conflict-related sexual violence against men constitute distinct male-predominant emergencies that the Western deaths-of-despair template cannot describe, and that mainstream frameworks therefore miss them.
Classification
Main topicWelfare & Health
Region menusGlobal
Impactscope:transnational
Time horizon0-3 years (2026-07-26)
Last updated2026-07-29 04:49:52
Evidence 1
- Initiative Trends 2026: Collective Intelligence and Foresight from Global Wellness Leaders Global Wellness Institute page=57;section=Men's Wellbeing Initiative Trends / TREND 8: The Shadow Epidemics - Substance Abuse and Violence in the Global South 2026-05 accessed 2026-07-26
Observed signals 3
Part of issues 1
- IssueGlobal South male health crises are structurally absent from mainstream frameworks2 trends · 0 signals
Relation types: constitutes · supports
Public id: fm-314efc68dcf4