Men's Health Week: all the links you need

Men's Health Week earlier this month was a great success, say the MHF, attracting interest from the public and the media alike from across the country.

'Men's Health Week 2009 was our best yet with hundreds of events taking place across the country and widespread media coverage, including on the hugely influential Today programme on Radio 4 and also The One Show on BBC TV,' enthused MHF CEO Peter Baker. 'Our spectacular launch event at Body Worlds at the 02 was well-attended and a video of the event is being broadcast by the BMJ's website.

'All told, some 35 organisations worked with us to make sure the Week's key message - that men's use of health services must be improved - reached government, politicians, the media and, crucially, the man in the street.'

If you want to catch up we've brought all the links together in one place below. Meanwhile, use your skill and judgement to identify which one of these two prime examples of masculinity pictured right are MHF president Dr Ian Banks enjoying his role as balloon master at the Men's Health Week debate at BodyWorlds in London.

MHF stories

• MHF chair Professor Alan White on Radio 4's Today programme.
• MHF's challenges to the NHS and government - launch of the MHF's 'Challenges & Choices: Improving health services to save men's lives' policy paper.
• Men's health week: a lot of hot air? - full report on our balloon debate.
• Men's greater cancer risk: 'inexplicable' - report from the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) and Cancer Research UK based on the Men's Health Forum's pioneering work.
• Men challenged to improve their health - launch of the Choices and Challenges mini-manual.
• We must develop services that men feel comfortable using, argues MHF president Dr Ian Banks in the BMJ.

Plus Health Choices and Challenges on malehealth.

Other media

A selection of the other local and national media coverage showing the range of activities both geographically and in terms of imagination:

• Chester Evening Leader: Beer Belly Worry
• Lancashire Telegraph: Getting to grips with young men's health
• Sunderland Echo: Tony boxes clever to promote men's health
• Shields Gazette: Changing men's mindset can save their lives
• BMJ: Men need primary care at work, debate hears
• Luton Today: Men's health: Not just a load of balls!
• Plymouth Herald: Grand Prix theme at male health event
• Daily Mirror: Charity warns over prostate cancer regions lottery
• St Helens Star: Free health MOT for the guys
• The Independent: Terence Blacker - When it comes to health, men are second-class citizens
• Lancashire Telegraph: Health checks are the goal for Rovers fans
• Wigan Today: Garage owners have agreed to hand out 'man manuals' to customers
• London Turkish Gazette: Events to mark National Men's Health Week
• Evening Standard: The manly thing to do is have a check-up
• Huddersfield Examiner: Rugby being used to touch on health matters for men
• Durham Times: Men only for sponsored walk