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60 Organizations Call on DHHS to Promptly Establish Office of Men’s Health

WASHINGTON / July 23, 2025 – Millions of Americans – wives, children, parents, and co-workers — have experienced first-hand the tragedy of men who die five years sooner than women. Males also face suicide and autism rates that are four times higher than the number faced by women.

Inexplicably, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has no office of men’s health…but seven offices of women’s health:

1. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (1)
2. National Institutes of Health (2)
3. Food and Drug Administration (3)
4. Centers for Disease Control (4)
5. Health Resources and Services Administration (5)
6. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (6)
7. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (7)

Today, 60 leading organizations are sending a letter that calls on the DHHS to establish an office of men’s health, and to allocate sufficient funds that are commensurate with the funding of the seven offices of women’s health. The 60 organizations represent a broad range of interests, including women’s issues, families, domestic violence, and more, and vary in terms of their focus on policy, research, or advocacy.

The letter to Secretary Robert Kennedy also highlights the recent Proclamation by President Donald Trump that pledges (8):

“For far too long, the health, happiness, and well-being of our Nation’s men have been neglected, contributing to a troubling reality: men in the United States have a life expectancy five years shorter than women…This National Men’s Health Week, I make a solemn pledge to honor the men in America: we will always have your back—and we will never waver in our promise to embolden you to lead long, healthy, and safe lives.”

Feminists claim the seven offices of women’s health are necessary to compensate for the purported exclusion of women from medical research in the past. But these spurious claims have been repeatedly refuted (9, 10, 11).

The letter to DHHS can be viewed online (12).

The truth matters, and the health of American men matters. DHHS needs to take prompt action to rectify decades of neglect.

SAVE – Stop Abusive and Violent Environments – is a 501(c)3 organization working to assure due process, fairness, and equal opportunities for men.

Links:

1. https://womenshealth.gov/
2. https://orwh.od.nih.gov/
3. https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/office-commissioner/office-womens-health
4. https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/index.html
5. https://www.hrsa.gov/office-womens-health
6. https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
7. https://www.samhsa.gov/about/advisory-councils/advisory-committee-womens-services
8. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/06/presidential-message-on-national-mens-health-week-2025/

9. https://journals.lww.com/epidem/fulltext/2001/09000/Did_Medical_Research_Routinely_Exclude_Women__An.20.aspx
10. https://jameslnuzzo.substack.com/p/nih-funding-of-mens-and-womens-health
11. https://jameslnuzzo.substack.com/p/graph-of-the-week-32b
12. https://www.saveservices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Letter-to-RFK-on-mens-health-7.23.2025.pdf