A chance for every schoolchild: Partnering to scale up school health and nutrition for human capital
Healthy and well-nourished schoolchildren learn better. Healthy children also have better chances to thrive and fulfil their potential as adults.
Healthy and well-nourished schoolchildren learn better. Healthy children also have better chances to thrive and fulfil their potential as adults.
In the context of COVID 19, with the disruption of schools, routine health services and community-level centers, new ways of providing information and support to adolescents and young people for sexual and reproductive health and rights need to be established.
Possible negative effects on children’s physical and mental health because of prolonged school closure and home confinement during a disease outbreak.
Ministers of Education face hard choices as they respond to Covid-19.
In this strategy (2020-2030) WFP lays out its vision of working with governments and partners to jointly ensure that all primary schoolchildren have access to good quality meals in school, accompanied by a broader integrated package of health and nutrition services.
The SHN Policy guides the education sector and its partners to pursue five main priorities to adequately integrate school health and nutrition into the education sector: (1) school nutrition including school meals; (2) school health, hygiene and sanitation; (3) child protection; (4) institutional
This case study of two government secondary schools presents evidence on the factors that support implementation of the 1997 Government of the Republic of Zambia Re-entry Policy.
“Norms and Requirements for WASH in Schools, Dormitories and Kindergartens” was approved in June 2015 by three Ministries (MoECS, MoHS and MoF) as a result of series of advocacy activities by UNICEF in cooperation with partners.
This is the first national guidance document on school feeding. It is intended to guide practitioners in the planning, implementation and management of the National School Feeding Programme (NSFP).