Peter Baker

My Review of Ireland’s National Men’s Health Policy 2008-13 is now available. The Review was commissioned by the Health Service Executive.

Ireland was the first country in the world to adopt a national men’s health policy (followed by Australia and Brazil). Given the relatively recent emergence of ‘men’s health’ as an important public health issue, the Irish government’s recognition of the need to address it at the strategic policy level was clearly a very far-sighted and significant step and has been widely recognised as such. Read the rest of this entry »