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Tunisia – Sousse
   
 

A community-based intervention programme to control chronic diseases.


Principal investigator

Hassen Ghannem, MD, MSc.

Intervention type

Community and health-care system

Targeted population

Age 6 years and over

Target factors

Risk factors    Diseases 
  • Smoking
  • Diet/nutrition
  • Physical inactivity
 
  • Cardiovascular disease

Purpose/Goals

This project intends to improve health services in relation to preventive health care and to increase healthy nutrition and physical activity and decrease smoking in the community through environmental modifications in schools, workplaces and community settings, and through modifications in the agricultural, food service and exercise industries.