Adolescence is a vulnerable period for the onset of mental disorders and risk behaviours. Whole‐school interventions hold vast potential in improving mental health and preventing risk behaviours in this developmentally‐sensitive cohort.
Sierra Leone, like many developing countries, faces challenges in providing comprehensive sexuality education to its students.
In 2024, UNICEF and WFP came together to assess the extent of their collaboration on school health and nutrition in Eastern and Southern Africa.
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are fundamental to achieving gender equality, reducing poverty, and promoting sustainable development. But despite global progress, discriminatory laws and norms disproportionately restrict women’s and adolescent girls’ SRHR.
Schools in Ghana have integrated reproductive health education (RHE) topics into their curricula and School Health Education Programme (SHEP) Coordinators recognize the importance of RHE. However, for RHE to reach its full potential, it needs to be established as a stand-alone subject.
This report presents the results from an impact evaluation conducted in the context of the WFP school meals programme in The Gambia. The evaluation took place in the context of the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) -financed Home-Grown School Feeding Programme.
South Asia is home to an estimated 172 million adolescent girls aged 10–19 years, the largest cohort of any region globally. This report analyses the most recent data on the region's critical nutrition challenges girls face.
Background: In low- and middle-income countries like Bangladesh, inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) practices lead to a higher disease burden among children and hinder their academic performance. However, there have been efforts to improve WASH between 2014 and 2018.
School meal programs aim to address multiple objectives, most commonly to improve children’s nutrition and health and to meet education goals by facilitating and incentivizing children’s school attendance and learning.
This memo addresses the case for a new financing coordination mechanism with a remit to align and mobilize additional financing in support of national efforts to expand the reach and improve the quality of school meal programs.