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 Home Grown School Meals (HGSM) programme in Zambia is one of the government’s key social protection programmes. The HGSM programme is currently being implemented in 39 districts covering all the 10 provinces, targeting 1,000,000 learners in approximately 2,800 schools.
The purpose of the National WinS Strategy 2019–2030 is to guide all sector partners to provide health, well-being, education and dignity to all schoolchildren by providing safe water, sanitation and hygiene in schools, paying special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations to ens
In September 2019, the Inter-ministerial meeting on School Health commissioned the development of a National School Health Policy, Strategy & Monitoring & Evaluation Framework.
The UNICEF Nutrition Strategy 2020–2030: Nutrition, for Every Child outlines UNICEF’s strategic intent to support national governments and partners in upholding children’s right to nutrition, and ending malnutrition in all its forms over the next decade.
Attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals, which is essential for the future health and prosperity of societies, depends on children and adolescents reaching their full potential.
The COVID-19 global pandemic has affected millions of children across almost every country. This has brought about an immeasurable disruption to children’s education and well-being. Schools across the globe have closed down, leaving over 1 billion students without access to education.
Countries across the globe are gradually reopening or planning for the reopening of schools and other education institutions, after several months of closure, as part of wider efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19.
The nutritional status of school children impacts on their health status, quality of life and learning achievement.