Objetivo - To identify specific key urban factors affecting health, within their environmental, epidemiological and social context with the aim of improving the design of operational strategies for the management of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and other chronic diseases within the existing health system.Expected Outcome- From the mapping exercise, multilayer maps will be prepared describing in detail the health care systems of the Tlemcem and Safi;- The action research will provide an insight into the applicability of certain novel health care models under the conditions found in the two cities;- The anthropological surveys will provide insights into population's decision making processes and hence will improve the understanding of the reasons for success or failure of certain health care strategies.Multidisciplinary research will be done in two cities : Tlemcem (Algeria) and Safi (Morocco)- Geographical epidemiology will map zones and risk populations with the aim of identifying risks' factors in relation to the available health care systems and other spatial and social structures. The relation between environmental factors and health are to be identified against the background of the existing health care system;- Action research (epidemiological and public health approach) will be aimed at optimising the capacity of the health care structures to cope with chronic diseases through the testing of certain science based approaches in a real-life setting;- Qualitative anthropological surveys of the socio-cultural status of disease and the specifically mobilised family resources and therapeutic strategies will be completed. Programa(s) IC-AVICENNE - Avicenne Initiative (Science and technology cooperation with the Maghreb and the countries of the Mediterranean Basin), 1991- Tema(s) Data not available Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinador Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde Prins Leopold Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 155,Nationalestraat 2000 Antwerpen Bélgica Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (4) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération (ORSTOM) Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 213 rue Lafayette 75010 Paris Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Institut National d'Administration Sanitaire Marruecos Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Route de Casablanca KM4.5 10100 Rabat Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Université de Tlemcen Argelia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 13000 Tlemcen Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Université du Centre Túnez Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Av.Mohamed Karoui 4002 Sousse Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
