Ghana's School Re-entry Policy provides for the right of adolescent mothers to return to school after childbirth. However, pregnancy continues to be a significant cause of school dropout. Limited evidence is available on the experiences among young mothers of this policy in practice.
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.
Condom education campaigns that aim to prevent early and unintended pregnancies can be undermined by local gender norms, religious edicts and ineffective sexuality education policies. In some schools in Ghana, both condom education and abstinence only education run concurrently.
Poverty reduction and nutrition are often joint outcomes of many public policies and programs which have education as their primary outcome. Quantification of overall benefits for these programs in a common metric is challenging.
Gender is crucial in understanding the sexual behaviour of adolescents regarding their condom use and sexual experiences.
Adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) is an integral part of the global health agenda. It is strongly featured in the universal health coverage (UHC) agenda of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).
Across 13 countries, 1,235 children shared their experiences of school meals with child researchers. Their voices carried a clear message: school meals matter to us.
The Nutrition-Friendly Schools Initiative (NFSI), a school-based health and nutrition program is being adopted as the platform on which to implement a set of school-based health and nutrition activities aimed at improving the school environment to make it more nutrition sensitive.
The Adolescent and Youth-Friendly Health Services (AYFHS) program in Ghana aims to improve access to reproductive and sexual health services for young people. However, despite its importance, low utilization rates persist.
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.