Established in 1958, Education Development Center (EDC) is a non-profit organization which joins research and practice to meet challenges in education, health, and employment.

The mission of Health & Human Development Programs (HHD)http://www.hhd.org , a division of EDC,  is to create innovations that promote health worldwide. HHD strategies and experiences for promoting health through schools include research on evidence-based strategies, development of tools, curriculum and training materials, leadership and professional development, coordination and development of networks, policy, institutional development and support to governments and international agencies and use of technology for technical assistance and sharing of information. HHD/EDC was instrumental in initiating the FRESH framework. We prepared and presented the background paper ("Thematic Study on School Health and Nutrition") for the session at the World Education Forum in Dakar, Senegal, April 2000, in which FRESH was launched. We are promoting the FRESH framework as a conceptual framework for most of our international work in school health and through professional presentations at conferences.