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Are sex disparities in COVID-19 a predictable outcome of failing men’s health provision?

Tharakan, Tharu ; Khoo, Christopher C. ; Giwercman, Aleksander LU ; Jayasena, Channa N. ; Sofikitis, Nikolaos ; Salonia, Andrea and Minhas, Suks (2022) In Nature Reviews Urology 19(1). p.47-63
Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, has taken a catastrophic toll on society, health-care systems and the economy. Notably, COVID-19 has been shown to be associated with a higher mortality rate in men than in women. This disparity is likely to be a consequence of a failure to invest in men’s health, as it has also been established that men have a lower life expectancy and poorer outcomes from non-communicable diseases than women. A variety of biological, social and economic factors have contributed to the sex disparities in mortality from COVID-19. A streamlined men’s health programme — with the urologist as the gatekeeper of men’s health — is needed to help prevent future tragedies of this nature.

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