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Saturday, 27 July 2019 09:18
Marlene Nunes Silva and Marta Marques, researchers at PANO-SR, participated in an expert panel on digital tools for Physical activity promotion, hosted by the World Health Organisation, Geneva (18-19 July)
Written by JorgeMarta Marques integrates the expert team that have been developed the program mActive, a SMS based program to increase walking minutes per day, and Marlene Silva presented the Portuguese digital tools for the promotion of PA at the national health care system, which was previously considered by WHO as a country case study of good practices.
The mActive program will be further refined based on expert opinion and pilot country experiences. It will reinforce and integrate the Be He@lthy, Be Mobile WHO initiative, that already has handbooks ready to go in the areas of tobacco cessation, diabetes (prevention & management), cervical cancer, ageing and asthma/COPD. Additional information HERE
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