School Health and Nutrition Program Update: Issue 9 – 2013

In 2012-2013, School Health and Nutrition expanded its programmes across 32 countries. School Health and Nutrition (SHN) are interventions that aim to improve the health and nutrition of school-age children, their related behaviors and skills, and consequently, their participation in school and education outcomes. This programme update describes the highlights from the programme in the past year, a programme overview, and country updates.

Some of the highlights from the past year include:

– What makes WASH in schools sustainable?

– What does SHN cost? A Bangladesh case study

– Integrating SHN in Early Childhood Development

– Very Young Adolescents

– Growing Relationships with Corporate Partnerships

… Amongst other exciting progress!