Health matters discussed of men

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ A discussion ran Tuesday in the Civil Hall, the State House, on a state policy and present situation of men’ health. . Co-hosted by L.Erdenechimeg, G.Uyanga and R.Burmaa MPs, members of the unofficial group at the State Great Khural (parliament), the open discussion gathered N.Udval, the Minister of Health; experts of the Ministry; representatives of the Ministry of Defense, WHO, UNFPA, state-run and private hospitals, National Committee of Gender, Mongolian Union for Men, and Network of Reproductive Health NGOs. According to the latest survey, the worst problem related to men’ health is their lifespan: its rate is lower by 8-9 years than that of women. A Mongolian man goes to a hospital much less than a woman, he is involved in accidents twice as much as woman is, the experts said. The public view tends to consider that a matter of a man's health is not so critical, even medical staffers do not pay a proper attention to this, moreover, very small amount of money is spent for man's health, they noted and considered as necessity to change the public mind on men’ health and proposed issuing the adequate sum of money for the health of men.