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Programme Card
Which of the seven best investments the programme addresses?
Agita Mundo activities are represented under two of the seven best investments, including mass media campaign and community-wide campaigns for physical activity.
What sectors it involves: Agita Mundo works through many sectors, including communities, schools, worksites, healthcare settings and mass media.
Estimated programme reach
Agita Mundo network annual celebrations take place between 6 April to 10 May, with typically more than 2000 events annually worldwide. The Agita Mundo network has been responsible for connecting more than 200 organisations all across the globe.
What is unique about this programme?
Agita Mundo is a global movement based on promoting physical activity through social mobilisation that has shown impressive longevity and uptake across many parts of the world.
Key contact(s): Victor KR Matsudo <matsudo@celafiscs.org.br> Estelle V. Lambert <vicki.lambert@uct.ac.za>
Programme website: http://www.portalagita.org.br/en/#
Background and key features of the programme
Agita Mundo is a global network and, more recently, an independent council of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health, the main objective of which is to promote physical activity as a health-enhancing behaviour for people of all ages and abilities, through social mobilisation.1 2 Social mobilisation …
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Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Commissioned; externally peer reviewed.