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This resolution recognizes June 2025 as Men's Health Month and specifically designates June 9-15, 2025, as Men's Health Week, drawing attention to critical health challenges facing men and boys. The resolution highlights that men's life expectancy is, on average, five years shorter than women's, with higher rates of health problems like diabetes, obesity, cancer, and heart disease, and notes the additional negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on men's health. The resolution also emphasizes the growing concerns around mental health, including suicide and substance abuse, and aims to encourage preventative health screenings, healthy living, and help-seeking behavior. Tracing its origins to a 1994 Congressional initiative sponsored by Senator Robert Dole and Congressman William Richardson, the resolution is supported by the Men's Health Network, which sponsors health awareness events and works to promote men's health globally. As part of the awareness efforts, "Wear Blue Day" will be recognized on June 13, 2025, to further support men's health awareness and encourage fathers to be positive health role models for their children.

https://lims.dccouncil.gov/Legislation/CER26-0050