This technical brief focuses on the relationship between menstrual health and education and skills building, particularly within the African context.

National nutrition policies are critical collective principles of action aimed at addressing malnutrition in all its forms. This report summarises how national nutrition policy statements and strategies conceptualize and discuss education across school, community, and national levels.

Health literacy is a determinant of overall health, particularly among college students who are at increased risk for negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Contextualized sexual and reproductive health education serves as an important protective measure for this population.

The socio-economic burden of HIV infection remains a critical global health concern.

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.

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.

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.

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) are based on the right and the ability of all individuals to decide over their own bodies and to live healthy lives. Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) is a central component of SRHR, especially for young people.

Esta publicación se produjo en el marco del proyecto de alimentación escolar del Programa de Cooperación Internacional Brasil-FAO.

This school meals case study forms part of a collection led by the Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition’s "Good Examples" Community of Practice.