School Health Integrated Program (SHIP) - FRESH Framework

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The Focusing Resources on Effective School Health (FRESH) framework therefore provides a frame of reference through which to design and implement School Health and Nutrition (SHN) programs that are equitable and inclusive of all children – ensuring that no child is left behind or out of school. This means that actions to include children who are vulnerable such as children with disabilities, orphans, girls and those in severe poverty are taken at all stages of planning and implementing SHN programs.  

Lead Implementing Organization(s)

Location(s)

East Asia & Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa

Cambodia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal

Activity URL

https://www.globalpartnership.org/content/school-health-all

Government Affiliation

Non-governmental program

Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Ministry Affiliation

Ministries of Health and Education

Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response

Unknown

Geographic Scope

Global / regional

Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  

Unknown

Areas of Work Back to Top

Education areas

Other

  • Early childhood development

Other skills

  • Life skills/sexuality education

Cross-cutting areas

  • Food/water security
  • Gender equality
  • HIV and STIs
  • Nutrition
  • WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)

Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary

Other populations reached

  • Teachers - female
  • Teachers - male

Participants include

  • Adolescent mothers (pregnant or parenting)
  • Migrants from other countries
  • People living with HIV/AIDS
  • People with disabilities

Program Approaches Back to Top

Curriculum/learning

  • Gender-sensitive curricula

Food/nutrition

  • Deworming
  • Other nutritional supplementation
  • School feeding

Health and childcare services

  • HIV prevention
  • Malaria control
  • Malaria prevention
  • Referrals to health services

Life skills education

  • Social and emotional learning (SEL) skills building

Policy/legal environment

  • Developing/promoting new laws/policies
  • Public-private partnerships

School-related gender-based violence

  • Safe and welcoming schools
  • Training of school personnel (including teachers)

Social/gender norms change

  • Engaging parents/caregivers of students or school-age children/adolescents
  • Media campaigns

Water and sanitation

  • Construction/improvement of sex-specific toilets

Program Goals Back to Top

Education goals

  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased years of schooling
  • Teachers and learners have the knowledge and skills to promote gender equality

Cross-cutting goals

  • Improved health - other
  • Improved nutrition
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • Reduced STI/HIV/AIDS