School-based interventions that support mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in low- and middle-income countries
It is encouraging to see a focus on student mental health increasingly reflected in international education policies.
It is encouraging to see a focus on student mental health increasingly reflected in international education policies.
The ECOWAS Conference on Homegrown School Feeding, titled "Investing in Homegrown School Feeding to Strengthen Human Capital, Women's Economic Empowerment, and Contribute to Economic Development," served as a pivotal gathering of over 70 technical experts and government officials.
The 23rd annual Global Child Nutrition Forum brought together over 240 school meal program leaders from around the world for discussion, exchange, and peer-to-peer support.
The third in a series of regular reports that WFP is committing to provide, the State of School Feeding Worldwide allows for the continuing overview of school meal programmes everywhere in the world, focusing on national programmes implemented by governments.
Despite the importance of nutrition during middle childhood (5–9 years) and adolescence (10–19 years) for the health and well-being of current and future generations, the 5–19-year period remains relatively neglected in research, policy and programming agendas.
School health and nutrition programmes are among the most widely implemented public policies in the world.
Peer education is an approach growing in popularity across school contexts, possibly due to adolescents preferring to seek help for health-related concerns from their peers rather than adults or professionals.
This paper updates the evidence of the mutualistic relationship between education and health and serves as a post-COVID-19 call for action to enhance the health and well-being of learners and teachers at school towards transformative education in the Asia-Pacific region.
This three-day inter-ministerial meeting aimed to regulate the safe reopening of schools after COVID, to make every school a Health Promoting School (HPS), and to scale up implementation of comprehensive school health programmes that promote the health and wellbeing of children and adolescents.
School feeding programs are ubiquitous in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and may have critical implications for the health and education of school-age children and adolescents.