The North Karelia project - from North Karelia to national action

Heart disease and other forms of chronic illness are the major contemporary public health problems throughout the world - already long established in the developed countries, but now also prevalent in most of the developing world, where the rates are rapidly increasing. In 1972, Finland responded to very high heart disease mortality rates by launching an ambitious national demonstration project - the North Karelia Project - with the aim of implementing a comprehensive, community-based programme...