International Men's Health Week

This meeting followed preliminary discussions in 2001, at the first World Congress on Men's Health, about the need to coordinate awareness periods around the globe.

Although IMHW is most widely observed in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the United States, there has been collaboration with reproductive and sexual health programs for men in Central and South America, Africa, and Asia as well.

Men's Health Week was chosen for this specific time of year to make use of the extra attention paid to male family members near the holiday.

[4] The sponsors cited the cost-effectiveness of a shift from treatment to prevention in health care emphasis when presenting the bill.

{Congressional Record, May 24, 1994} The governors of the states and territories in the USA have adopted the week, as have the mayors of many of the major cities.

Many people take advantage of less stringent work attire to show their support of men's health by wearing blue.

The social media hashtag has #ShowUsYourBlue has grown over the years Blue Monday is the official kickoff for National Men's Health Week,[6][7] proclaimed by President Clinton in 1994.

The goal of Blue Monday is to create awareness of men's health issues worldwide and to save lives.