It isn't often that the [him] moderator recommends a 'must read' journal article. But today you must take a look at "Gender and global health: evidence, policy, and inconvenient truths" in today's Lancet :

http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2960253-6/fulltext

If we aim to do something about the global burden of disease, it is more about men than about women.

Read and ponder.

Jamie