Our Moonshot Mission to Save Mankind and Humanity

At this stage of my career, spanning more than fifty years, I want to use the time I still have to make the most positive impact in the world.

My colleagues Randolph Nesse, MD and Daniel Kruger, PhD examined premature deaths among men in 20 countries. They found that in every country, men died sooner and lived sicker than women and their shortened health and life-span harmed the men and their families.

They concluded with four powerful statements:

• “Being male is now the single largest demographic factor for early death.”
• “Over 375,000 lives would be saved in a single year in the U.S. alone if men’s risk of dying was as low as women’s.”
• “If male mortality rates could be reduced to those for females, this would eliminate over one-third of all male deaths below age 50 and help men of all ages.”
• “If you could make male mortality rates the same as female rates, you would do more good than curing cancer.” 

At the time of their study, they hoped their findings would stimulate governments to create programs to address these issues, but thus far, this has not happened.

The purpose of my Moonshot Mission is to bring together organizations throughout the world who are doing significant work to help reduce male mortality, to offer our resources, and coordinate efforts for change. We invite your participation and involvement and will be sharing more about our join efforts.

You can learn more from this article. “The Man Kind Challenge: Why Healing Men Will Do More Good Than Curing Cancer.”