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Synopsis This review provides mixed messages. As far as men's reproductive health services are concerned, to date no effort has been made to achieve the ICPD agenda. However, the importance and urgency for addressing the needs of men's reproductive health are now better understood--both for the sake of women's reproductive health and for men themselves. A number of issues and action points have been identified for immediate program interventions. These issues could be taken as benchmarks for future evaluation by those who are concerned with carrying ahead the ICPD agenda. The review also identified various knowledge gaps particularly related to service delivery, sexuality and the sexual behavior of men, and the social constructs that condition their behavior. It is hoped that the book will work as stimulus and some of these topics will be immediately addressed by the research community, both to understand these aspects of human behavior and also to facilitate the work of program managers who are looking for guidance and accurate information to strengthen reproductive health services for couples.