The Vienna Declaration

Dr. Ian Banks

The congress ended on a highly positive note, with Dr Ian Banks (president of the European Men's Health Forum) presenting the EMHF's "Vienna Declaration on the health of men and boys in Europe". The 1-page declaration, finalised at the congress, is designed to alert policy makers to the key issues in men's health and also to the solutions. Prof. Siegfried Meryn, congress secretary and president of the International Society for Men's Health & Gender, described the document as a "milestone" in men's health, with the potential to make a real difference.

The Vienna Declaration was published in the December jmhg, and will be formally and publicly launched by the EMHF in due course (check www.emhf.org for news).