TRAINING

Year of family medicine established: 2011

Type of Training: Master’s training in family medicine and residency program

Length of Training: 6 years of Medical School, followed by 2 years of Master’s training in family medicine

Number of institutions that offer family medicine: 1 (Sosa University)

PRACTICE

Physician to population ratio: On average, there is 164.8 physicians per 100 000 people.

DALY: 14,653 per 100,000 individuals (Due to all Causes).

Life Expectancy:

• Females 2017: 78.0 years

• Males 2017: 73.9 years

Mortality rate 2017:

• 2017 Males: 108 per 1,000 male adults.

• 2017 Females: 68 per 1,000 female adults.

Infant Immunization-HepB3: % of 1-year-old children received: 97%

College of Family Physicians (Y or N):

• NO

training

Tunisia’s recent implementation of family medicine as a specialty requires Master’s training in family medicine, with 6 years of Medical School, and 2 years of Master’s training in family medicine. Only one university offers this training; Sosa University. It is unknown how many graduate each year.

practice

The access to specialists is direct for ambulatory care delivered at primary healthcare centres. There is a new role of general practitioners as gatekeepers, though gatekeeping is non-existent in private sectors.