The national strategy for sexual health and HIV: the achievable progress.

1.3. However, the Men’s Health Forum advocates a greater understanding of how gender (in respect of both men and women) has an impact on health and believes there should be greater sensitivity to gender when designing health services, health information and health promotion initiatives. The Forum believes that the health of both men and women could be significantly improved by a greater understanding of gender and its impact on health and the use of health services. This is certainly the case in the area of sexual health.