Since independence, Tunisia has made significant progress in human development, quality of life and disease control.
- More than 80% of the Tunisian population is covered by an
- explicit mechanism, based either on mandatory individual
- contributions (CNAM) or by a non-contributive program to cover
- poor households (AMG).
- There are extra provisions for coverage of certain illnesses for all
- patients, alleviating potential financial hardship.
- Established National Health programmes for Maternal Mortality,
- Immunization, IMCI and others.
- Presence of strong local pharmaceutical industry with important
- production of generic and bio equivalent drugs.
- Good medical infrastructure in both public and private sector and
- a large number of qualified health professionals.
- The “INAsante” (National Agency for accreditation in health care),
- established in 2012, continues to grow in capacity.