Presenter: Dr Jeremiah Chikovore, Senior Research Specialist, Human Sciences Research Council, Durban

Date: 20 November 2013

Time: 12:15 for 12:30 – 13:30

Although women already have a higher life expectancy than men, they have been the main focus of recent global health initiatives, a scenario that may now account for the widening mortality gap especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Mortality differences between women and men in part reflect the latter’s engagement in riskier behaviour as well as suboptimal utilisation of health care. Delayed health seeking, including for HIV and tuberculosis (TB), in particular contributes to high mortality once HIV and TB are diagnosed, and also means that men contribute disproportionately to TB transmission at community level before diagnosis. As interest in men’s health on the continent gains momentum, we reflect on some of the issues that affect men’s engagement with their health, and on components of an emerging framework for working with men. Observations from an empirical study in Blantyre, Malawi, are primarily referred to.

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