Governor of Victoria Visit at Echuca highlights men's health

Today the Library Services Manager had the pleasure of meeting the Governor of Victoria, David De Kretser. He is currently touring the area and visiting the Gannawarra and Campaspe Shires. A very polite, softly spoken person but with presence and a sense of calm authority who spoke to community members and Shire Staff at a reception this evening. He spoke about his ambassador work promoting the need for men's health issues to have a higher profile and mentioned a range of resources available to assist men and women with information and support. One of those he didn't mention is the M5 Project which was launched earlier this year which is a Federal Government initiative. So far there are two parts of the project, one is a magazine that is availabe at doctor's surgeries called While you're waiting and the other part is a website www.m5project.com.au It is definitely worthwhile looking at the website and if you are in the doctors pick up the mag and have a flick through the range of interesting articles. Our libraries have many resources on men's health and we have just renewed our online resource "Health and Wellness" which has a host of journal articles and encyclopedia references on a range of health topics, this is available for free from our website. Please ask your local library staff to assist you locating the information.