National school health and nutrition strategy
This document presents a national strategy for school health and nutrition (SHN) in Ethiopia.
This document presents a national strategy for school health and nutrition (SHN) in Ethiopia.
Education is one of the basic child rights and it is vital for children’s future life. Children should attend school and take full advantage of getting their right for education. The Millennium development Goal 2 is to achieve Primary Education of good quality by the year 2015.
This national school health strategic implementation plan aims to identify and mainstream key health interventions for improved school health and education.
Life Orientation is central to the holistic development of learners. It addresses skills, knowledge and values for the personal, social, intellectual, emotional and physical growth of learners, and is concerned with the way in which these facets are interrelated.
The first section of this document outlines the background context.
Most countries do not know much about the outcomes or impact of activities related to gender based violence. Gender based violence undermines both social and economic development and the individual’s capacity for realising her or his rights and potentials under already strained conditions.
These School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Guidelines put the Strategy into action.
This health promoting policy outlines Ministry’s policy regarding the implementation of global health promoting school initiative in Maldives.
In 2001, World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with United Nations' UNICEF, UNESCO, and UNAIDS; and with technical assistance from Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), initiated the development of the Global School-based Student Health Survey (GSHS).
This document proposes a national strategy for school health and nutrition in Ethiopia.