The Men’s Health World Congress (MHWC) is the only such international event with a comprehensive scope. Multidisciplinary in nature, it draws the world’s experts in urology, cardiology, endocrinology, oncology, sexual medicine, mental and behavioral health, primary care, public policy, education, aging, and more to discuss the latest developments and the ongoing challenges in the emerging field of men’s health.

The 2010 MHWC is the seventh World Congress. It convened in Nice, France, on 28-30 October. (Watch the highlights)

A special workshop on eHealth affecting men's health was conducted on 27 October prior to the opening of the congress. Please visit the workshop page.

The Role for Collins Center

The Collins Center for Public Policy shared a highly visible presence at MHWC 2010. For this meeting, the Collins Center produced and co-produced sessions on men’s health advocacy, on social determinants of men’s health with particular focus on incarceration and poverty, and on the broad policy implications of improving health outcomes for men. There is growing international interest in men’s health. It is well known that around the world, men suffer disproportionately from conditions such as heart disease and cancer, and die prematurely. Certain health risk factors — such as smoking, alcohol abuse and overweight — are more common among men.

Yet, men utilize preventive health services less frequently than do women. These health concerns are more pronounced in economically and socially marginalized populations. Advancing men’s health at all ages in all parts of the world, and connecting people in the cause of men’s health, is the mission of the Men’s Health World Congress.

MHWC 2010 theme: "Men’s Health: How to Overcome the Challenges?”

Since 2001, the International Society of Men’s Health (ISMH) has organized the Men’s Health World Congress. ISMH brings together multidisciplinary panels of the world’s top experts in men’s health to lead scientific discussions and learning activities. The offerings are aimed at practicing physicians and health professionals, researchers, and policy analysts interested in men’s health.

The Collins Center for Public Policy partnered with the ISMH to present this year’s World Congress. Collins Center staff members helped organize the event and, as in past years, worked closely with the ISMH and Community Voices USA to both produce and present at several sessions on the scientific program.

Last year, the 6th World Congress convened in Vienna, Austria. Registered participants totaled 997 representing 69 countries. The 2009 conference theme, "Why Men Die Earlier and Suffer More!” addressed the need to improve men’s health throughout the aging process. There were 102 presentations in symposia, plenary sessions and parallel sessions, and 219 accepted research abstracts.

Collins Center vice presidents April Young, Ph.D., and Leda Perez, Ph.D., represented the organization in Vienna. Dr. Young’s presentation, "Poverty and Men’s Health,” was part of the opening plenary session and helped frame discussions for the three-day meeting. Dr. Young also co-chaired the session "Evolving Tactics to Primary Health Service Delivery,” and chaired the session "Social Determinants of Men’s Health,” (see video) which was also sponsored by the Collins Center.

More than one thousand attendees from around the world attended MHWC 2010.