International Men’s Health Week (MHW) always begins on the Monday before Father’s Day and ends on Father’s Day itself.  During 2025, it will run from Monday 9th until Sunday 15th June.

MHW is celebrated in many European countries, as well as in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and a number of other places worldwide.  The overall aims of the week are to:

• Heighten awareness of preventable health problems for males of all ages.
• Support men and boys to engage in healthier lifestyle choices / activities.
• Encourage the early detection and treatment of health difficulties in males.

But why is there a need to hold a Men’s Health Week? …  Males constitute almost 50% of the population on the island of Ireland and, therefore, deserve to have a gender lens focused upon their specific health needs.  Research clearly shows that these men experience a disproportionate burden of ill-health and die too young .

• Local men die younger than women do.
• Males have higher death rates than females for almost all of the leading causes of death and at all ages.
• Men’s poorer lifestyles are responsible for a high proportion of chronic diseases.
• Late presentation to health services can lead to a large number of problems becoming untreatable

Indeed, while many of these conditions are preventable, their prevalence amongst men may, in fact, rise in the future.

Each year, there is also a specific theme.  During 2025, the theme for the island of Ireland will be ‘Shoulder-to-Shoulder: Connecting for Health’.

The celebration of Men’s Health Week on the island of Ireland during 2025 is funded by the Health Service Executive Health and Wellbeing and the Public Health Agency.

The celebration of Men’s Health Week on the island of Ireland during 2025 is funded by the Health Service Executive Health and Wellbeing and the Public Health Agency.

Please fine more information here:

https://www.mhfi.org/mhw/mhw-2025.html