نصف البرتغاليين ذوي المعرفة الصحية المنخفضة

The official, who participated in a roundtable as part of the Quality Week promoted by the Local Health Unit of the Alentejo Coast (ULSLA), stated that “50% of people in Portugal have low health literacy, despite improving”.

Cristina Vaz de Almeida revealed that these indicators “do not surprise” her, since also at a European level “50% of the population has low levels of health literacy”.

“We are not far from Europe, we are on the same average” she said, stressing that the Netherlands is the only country “where there is an inversion”.

In this country, “as you get older, literacy goes up, unlike in most of Europe where the older population lose their skills and abilities,” she said.