Guidelines for the implementation of the School Health and Nutrition Programme
In 2006, the Government of the Republic of Zambia launched the SHN Policy, which serves as the genesis for this document.
In 2006, the Government of the Republic of Zambia launched the SHN Policy, which serves as the genesis for this document.
The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in schools’ strategic partners working with the Ministry of General Education have identified several challenges that hinder the attainment of adequate access to improved sanitation and safe water at schools at a required scale.
The aim of this tool is to provide a range of strategies that governments can use to translate their commitments on comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) into tangible action.
Family life education (FLE) is a curriculum-based process of teaching and learning about the cognitive, emotional, physical and social aspects of sexuality and family formation.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has established an evidence-based approach schools can implement to help prevent HIV, STDs, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) has established an evidence-based approach schools can implement to help prevent HIV, STDs, and unintended pregnancy among adolescents.
Getting tested for HIV is an important step toward prevention; however, testing rates among high school students are low. Schools are important partners in supporting HIV testing among adolescents.
Countries in the WHO South-East Asia Region (SEAR) have prepared national health programmes during the last decade and have been implementing the adolescent friendly health services with variable scale and pace.
Children have the right to an education. Where schools are not being reopened all children must have access to learning through alternative means. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves and countries start easing lockdowns, UNICEF called for schools to reopen.
This manual contents have been adjusted to fit the local context for early childhood education in different areas and can be used as a reference for schools and communities when implementing Fit for School activities focusing on preventing communicable diseases among school-age children such as: