Survey on the UNESCO Strategy on Education for Health and Well-being
UNESCO is currently assessing its Strategy on Education for Health and Well-Being (2016-2021) with a view to updating it to reflect changes in the international health and development agenda, including the Covid-19 pandemic and the new UNAIDS Strategy 2022-2026.
As part of this process,.. →
Say no to discrimination in education! – UNESCO #RightToEducation campaign
The year 2020 marks 60 years since the adoption by UNESCO’s General Conference of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education. This Convention highlights States’ obligations to ensure free and compulsory education, promotes equality of educational opportunity and prohibits.. →
COVID-19 in children and the role of school settings in transmission – second update
ECDC has recently published the report ‘COVID-19 in children and the role of school settings in transmission – second update’, which revises our current understanding of the role that children play in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, and the role of schools in the COVID-19 pandemic.
The.. →
Third High-level Meeting on Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic
On 2 July 2021, the Third High-level Meeting on Schooling during the COVID-19 Pandemic was held, organized by WHO/Europe, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The WHO European Technical Advisory Group (TAG).. →
UNESCO and WHO urge countries to make every school a health-promoting school
On 22 June 2021 UNESCO and the World Health Organization launched the Global Standards for Health-promoting Schools, a resource package for schools to improve the health and well-being of 1.9 billion school-aged children and adolescents. The closure of many schools around the world during the COVID-19.. →
Survey: How are we using participatory research to learn about children and young people’s perspectives during the COVID 19 pandemic?
In response to the challenges that COVID-19 has presented to participatory researchers around the world, researchers from the University of Melbourne and University College Dublin prepared a short survey, based on a focus group that was held during the ICPHR Virtual Annual Working Meeting 2020.
The.. →
Launch of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education
29 June 2021 – 15.00 CEST
UNESCO and UNFPA, co-convenors of the Global Partnership Forum on Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE), are organising a virtual launch event. This formal launch event, before the Generation Equality Forum, aims to highlight the importance of CSE to achieving.. →
Making every school a health-promoting school
Virtual meeting organised by WHO and UNESCO – 22 June 2021 13.00 – 14.00 CEST
The health, well-being and education of children and young people are closely intertwined. With a vision that every school around the world becomes a Health-Promoting School (HPS), UNESCO and the World Health.. →
Article: Co-operation and consistency: a global survey of professionals involved in reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, schools closed in haste and were expected to create virtual learning opportunities for their students while they waited to see when and how they might re-open. National governments issued reopening guidance at varying speeds. The purpose of the study described in.. →
Education provides a path to reduced child mortality, new CHAIN-IHME study finds
A comprehensive analysis has found that each year of parental education is associated with lower risks of childhood mortality. Published in The Lancet, the study is the largest to date to examine the relationship between mothers’ and fathers’ education and child mortality on a global.. →
Tools to assess Girl-friendly schools, Comprehensive Sexuality Education and Youth-friendly Health Services
The University of Amsterdam (UvA) in partnership with the Her Choice Programme has developed tools in English and French to assess Girl-friendly Schools (GFS), Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and Youth-Friendly Health Services (YFHS).The development and evaluation of the.. →
Global Community Health Annual Workshop – register now
The UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center on Global Health & Education and EHEPS invite all those interested in promoting health and equity at a community level to the first edition of the Global Community Health Annual Workshop that will take place on 6, 7 and 8 July 2021.
The.. →
Save the date: exclusive preview of a new global status report about comprehensive sexuality education
The journey towards comprehensive sexuality education: An exclusive preview of a new global status report
Thursday 24th June at 8h Mexico City ‖ 9h New York ‖ 13h Dakar ‖ 15h Paris ‖ 16h Nairobi ‖ 20h Bangkok
UNESCO, together with UNAIDS, UNFPA, UNICEF, UN Women.. →
Global survey on the safe reopening of schools available in 6 languages
The global survey on the safe reopening of schools in now available in Arabic, English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish. You are invited to complete the survey and to share the survey within your network. The aim of the survey is to gather the experiences and opinions of education and health.. →
Registration 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion – IUHPE 2022 is open
IUHPE is happy to confirm the opening of registrations to the 24th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion – IUHPE 2022, being held in Montreal, Canada, and online, from May 15 to May 19, 2022. Louise Potvin, Professor at the University of Montreal School of Public Health and Director of the.. →
Webinar Dynamics in School Health Promotion – 25 May 2021 14.00 CEST
Implementing the Health Promoting School (HPS) approach and creating change in the whole school system can be challenging, since schools are dynamic organisations. Each school operates in its own specific context and health promoting interventions should fit to that unique context. Consequently, this.. →
Final programme IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion
The 11th IUHPE European Conference on Health Promotion (IUHPE 2021) and the 6th International Conference on Salutogenesis will be held from June 14 to 18, 2021, in online format to facilitate the participation of professionals from different countries. IUHPE is also celebrating its 70th anniversary… →
11 May 2021 – School Health Promotion in Latin America: Lessons Learned
On 11 May 2021, 17.00 – 18.00 CEST, 11.00 – 12.00 AST, the UNESCO Chair and WHO Collaborating Center Global Health & Education, the University of Puerto Rico, the Universidad Industrial de Santander, and FLACSO Argentina will organise the webinar: School Health Promotion in Latin America:.. →
Call for conference papers: Social Sciences and the COVID-19 Pandemic
State of Knowledge and Proposals for Action
Colloquium proposed by the French Presidency of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee Bureau – Management Of Social Transformations (MOST) – UNESCO
Life sciences have mobilised globally to understand and fight the COVID-19 virus. Hence,.. →
Schools for healthy lives, not for corporate interests
ublished by the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health in May 2021
This correspondence was recently published by The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health[1] in response to the Viewpoint: Supporting every school to become a foundation for healthy lives[2], by Prof. Didier Jourdan and colleagues.
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