Schools play an important role in promoting healthy diets and good nutrition and can create an enabling environment for children. However, the school food environment is often not conducive to a healthy diet.
Adolescents, particularly those in Sub-Saharan Africa, experience major challenges in getting accurate and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information because of sociocultural norms, stigma, and limited SRH educational resources.
This report and infographic summarizes the importance of sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) knowledge, socio-emotional skills, and resilience for boys aged 4 to 19, spanning childhood through adolescence.
The global shift away from healthy, diverse, and sustainable diets threatens children’s health and futures.
This review examines and describes current school food and nutrition initiatives within the literature that aim to promote healthier, sustainable diets within the Pacific Islands region.
Poor nutrition and inadequate WASH (water, sanitation, and hygiene) practices significantly impact children’s health, nutrition, and cognitive development, especially in low-income settings.
School feeding programmes (SFPs) are widely implemented to address child poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition, yet evidence on their influence on children’s health outcomes is limited.
Teachers' roles in preventing and mitigating school bullying have garnered more attention throughout the past decade. However, teacher responses and practices in secondary schools are not understood systematically.
This article reflects the narrative evaluation in the domain of young people's SRHR status and need for CSE. Young people in Nepal are particularly at risk for early marriage and childbearing, as well as other SRHR-related issues.
The past decade has seen an increase in policy initiatives and school-based interventions aimed at improving children's mental health.