Signal Canada opens public consultations on a Men and Boys' Health Strategy

Summary

The Men's Wellbeing Initiative reports that Canada has opened public consultations on a strategy for the health of men and boys. It stresses that this makes Canada the first G7 member apart from the United Kingdom to take such a step. The Initiative uses that threshold as a sign that men's health policy is reaching mainstream governance among major economies. The Canadian move is listed with England's first strategy and Ireland's second action plan as part of a burst of activity over 18 months. Before this period only Ireland, Brazil and Australia had national men's health strategies. Because the Canadian process is still at the consultation stage, its final content and funding are not yet described.