Syncrisis, the dynamics of health : 15. Tunisia

Major health problems are those of communicable and other diseases; environmental sanitation, nutrition, and population and family planning. Tunisia"s current health care system is detailed and discussed, health policies and plans are examined, and the role of foreign assistance is described. Through a concluding summary of principal problem areas and constraints in the health sector, there is seen an urgent need for disease prevention, family planning, environmental sanitation, under-and malnutrition programs, as well as a plan for better and more equitable health care distribution, more training of physicians and other medical personnel, more hospitals, and more effective health planning.