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<\/p>\nThe group says 75,000 Canadian men died prematurely in 2023, and many of their deaths were from preventable causes.<\/p>\n
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The report found a majority of men delayed seeking treatment for symptoms, and less than half felt listened to when they first received health care.<\/p>\n
Health Canada said it\u2019s working with Movember Canada to develop the strategy.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s news is the first time the government has formally acknowledged its work toward launching a national strategy. <\/p>\n
A news release from Health Canada on the survey says taxpayers would save $12.4 million annually with improved men\u2019s health outcomes, \u201cwith billions more in increased productivity,\u201d citing research from the Movember study.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo build Canada Strong, we need the full participation of everyone in our society. Help us build a strategy that improves health, prevents harm, and strengthens our communities \u2014 for men, boys, and for everyone in Canada.,\u201d Michel said in a statement accompanying the news release.<\/p>\n
Canada stands to be among one of only a few countries to have a men\u2019s health strategy, along with South Africa, Malaysia, Brazil and the U.K.<\/p>\n
The U.K. strategy report points out that British men live shorter lives than women and are more likely to be diagnosed with cancer, cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes. Three out of four people who died by suicide in the U.K. in 2024 were men. <\/p>\n
The British report also states that \u201cgood health is not a zero-sum game and improving the health and well-being of men and women are complementary objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 22, 2026<\/p>\n
\u2014 With files from Sarah Ritchie<\/p>\n
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group says 75,000 Canadian men died prematurely in 2023, and many of their deaths were from preventable…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493361,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-493451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}