| .: Healthcare
and family planning :. |
In 1964, Tunisia adopted an ambitious family planning
program.
A special program of health and family planning
education was also launched throughout the country;
family planning and maternal-child health services
were combined in basic health care centers, and these
services were made more readily available to remote
rural areas through mobile units belonging to the
National Family and Population Board (ONFP).
Life expectancy
at birth:
1966 : 51 yrs
1998 : 74.2
yrs
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