Tahiti, April 25, 2022 – The Health Department is launching a call for projects as part of the Commune en santé scheme. Associations and local actors with projects contributing to the promotion of the health of the population are invited to present them before June 17. The winners will obtain a grant for the implementation of their project, preferably on a long-term basis.
With a prevalence of overweight and obesity within the Polynesian population with in particular 40% obese and 30% overweight among adults, the Health Department is looking for ways to act in the promotion of health among Population.
Thus, as it announced in a press release on Monday, it is launching a call for projects from local partner actors of the municipalities (associations, sports federations, fishermen, farmers, etc.) who participate in providing an environment favorable to health. It wishes to rely on their expertise and knowledge of the local context to “to propose adapted and coherent solutions”.
This approach is part of the system Healthy communityproposed to the 48 municipalities of French Polynesia, which “aims to promote health at the municipal level, through the implementation of actions that act favorably on the behavior of people, their environment and their living conditions.” The “Healthy Communes” implement actions around five main themes: local and balanced food, physical activity, life without addiction, community well-being and environmental protection.
All partner associations of municipalities involved in a health promotion approach are invited to respond to this call for projects before June 17. Projects will be considered “contributing to the development of dynamics favorable to health in the municipal territory.” The actions presented “will have to be long-term and not punctual in order to see lasting changes in the beneficiaries.” The winners will obtain a grant for the implementation of their project.