Webinar Series and Other Activities on School Health & Nutrition Programs in Low Resource Countries

Several members of the FRESH Partnership are working together to gather, summarize and share knowledge about basic education, health and development programs in low resource countries. Lead organizations in this series of activities include Save the Children, Partnership for Child Development, International School Health Network, UNESCO, including the UNESCO Clearinghouse, UNODC and others. We are pleased to offer the series of webinars listed below. The series is also being supported by resources and reports selected from the UNESCO Health Education Clearinghouse, the PCD Documents and Resources Collection and the development of a corresponding series of Wikipedia style summaries on the topics discussed, an extensive Bibliography/Toolbox and other online resources.Please join us online in the live sessions each month or view the recorded webinars at your leisure.

For a complete list and access to the recordings, slides, readings and suggested resources from the previous webinars in this series on Low Resource Countries, go to our Webinars/Web Meetings page.

Upcoming Webinars/Web Meetings on Low Resource Countries


Read and comment on the FRESH Consensus Statement on Promoting Educational Success, Health & Development in Low Resource Countries
Date/Time
Session Description
Recordings/Readings/Resources
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Tuesday 15 May, 2018
(14:00, London, UK, 9:00 am Washington DC,)
Menstrual Hygiene

Presented by Save the Children & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
To access the webinar on the day of the session, this Participants Link will be active about 15 minutes before the start of webinar.

Suggested Readings/Resources:
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Friday 15 June, 2018
(14:00, London, UK, 9:00 am Washington DC,)
Global Health Promoting Schools Standards

Presented by World Health Organization, UNESCO
To access the webinar on the day of the session, this Participants Link will be active about 15 minutes before the start of webinar.

Suggested Readings/Resources
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Monday, 16 July, 2018
(14:00, London, UK, 9:00 am Washington DC,)
The Current Status of Education Programs Promoting Health, Life Skills, Personal & Social Development

This session will present the results of a stock-taking review undertaken by the Global Partnership for Education as well as initial findings of the FRESH Working Group on Health Literacy, Life Skills and Social Inclusion regarding the current status of curricula, instruction, co-curricular/extra-curricular activities, cross-curricular approaches and school routines.

Presented by the Global Partnership for Education and the International School Health Network.
To access the webinar on the day of the session, this Participants Link will be active about 15 minutes before the start of webinar.

Suggested Readings/Resources