U.S. Men’s and Women’s Health Offices
Graph of the Week
This week’s graph illustrates the number of health offices and committees in the United States (U.S.) government dedicated to men’s health or women’s health.
Key Points
• The U.S. government has a total of 10 health offices and committees dedicated to women’s health. These offices and committees reside within various government agencies including the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Federal Drug Administration (FDA).
• The U.S. government has zero health offices or committees dedicated to men’s health.
Sources: Government webpages for the offices and committees:
https://orwh.od.nih.gov/white-house-initiative-on-womens-health-research
https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about/coordinating-committee-on-research-on-womens-health
https://orwh.od.nih.gov/about-orwh/advisory-committee-on-research-on-womens-health
https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/office-commissioner/office-womens-health
https://www.cdc.gov/womens-health/about/index.html
https://www.hrsa.gov/office-womens-health
https://www.samhsa.gov/about/advisory-councils/advisory-committee-womens-services
https://www.ahrq.gov/topics/women.html
Bonus Commentary
The U.S. government has several offices dedicated to women’s health and none related to men’s health. Given that males make up roughly half of the U.S. population, and have significantly shorter life expectancy than females, the lack of men’s health offices is unjust and misaligned with health data. Moreover, at the state level, numerous women’s offices or commissions exist, some of which report on health outcomes, while no such state level offices or commissions exist for men. Given the existence of these federal and state offices, and given that women’s health receives significantly more funding than men’s health, claims that women’s health receives inadequate attention and that women are living in a repressive patriarchy are debunked. Clearly, women’s health has been given significant attention.
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Imagine how many there would be if we didn't live in an oppressive patriarchy.
Congressman Try Carter chairs the Congressional Men's Health Caucus. I wrote to him, to ask that he and the Caucus approach President Trump to create a White House Men's Health Initiative, and fund it with $100,000,000. . At this time last year, Biden gave $100,000,000 to a White House women's health research initiative, and zero dollars for men's health.
Congressman Carter's email is contact@troycarter.house.gov, and his phone number is 202-225-6636.