Annual School Health and Nutrition Short Course

The annual short course on Strengthening Contemporary School Health, Nutrition and HIV Prevention Programmes is a prestigious international training workshop that seeks to enable governments and other organisations in low income countries improve the health and education of millions of the world’s poorest children. 

Principal objective of this training is to provide educationalists, public health professionals and community development workers from all across the globe with an up-to-date, comprehensive introduction to concepts and current practices in improving the health, nutrition and education of schoolchildren. 

Participants are able to strengthen their skills, access the latest research and knowledge, form new partnerships, exchange experiences, address their country-specific needs, enhance their existing SHN activities, and use a results-based planning process to develop SHN and HIV prevention implementation plans and training manuals.

Click graph to access a full statistical break down of SHN short course participation.

The Seventh Annual Course on “Strengthening Contemporary School Health Nutrition and HIV Prevention Programmes” is scheduled to take place in 24 -31 October in Nairobi, Kenya.

Applications for this course are open until  the deadline of  24 September 2011. 

Click here for more information on this course and how to apply. 

Summary Map: Since launching  in 2005, 168 participants from 27 sub Saharan countries of the 5 sub regions have successfully completed the short course.

In November 2011 for the first time Asia will be hosting its own tailored short course. Scheduled for 8-12 November the course will bring together SHN specialist from across the region to facilitate the sessions. 

Applications for this course will open in late November. 

Click here for more information on this course. 

The Partnership for Child Development is also examining the possibility to hold in 2012 a similar francophone course in western Africa.