From March 14-15, in Vinh Phuc, Save the Children in collaboration with the Mars Wrigley Foundation organized a workshop to share about school health work and summarize the "Health" project. and school nutrition”.
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| The project "School Health and Nutrition" is implemented in 3 Asian countries, including China, the Philippines and Vietnam. (Source: Save the Children) |
The project has been implemented for the past 12 years (2011-2024) at 125 preschools, primary schools and secondary schools in Ha Dong (Hanoi), Hai Phong, City. Ho Chi Minh and Tien Giang. The workshop not only evaluates the effectiveness of project activities but is also an opportunity for partners to share lessons learned and good models in school health work in Vietnam.
The workshop was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education and Training, sponsor representatives, and nearly 100 delegates from Departments of Education and Training in many localities across the country.
Sharing at the event, Mr. Le Van Tuan, senior specialist of the Department of Physical Education, Ministry of Education and Training, said that the Ministry highly appreciates the results achieved by the project, as well as the cooperation and support. of the Children's Aid Organization to the Ministry to improve the quality of school health care in recent times.
Mr. Le Van Tuan pointed out some outstanding achievements, including the coordination in developing and promulgating a set of documents under the program "Training and improving the capacity of school medical staff" according to Decision No. 354/QD-BGDDT dated January 22, 01, cooperate in developing Circular No. 2024/18-TT-BGDDT and support the organization of many seminars and conferences on the topic of school health.
The representative of the Ministry of Education and Training emphasized: "School health work requires close coordination between ministries, departments, branches, localities and international organizations such as Save the Children to raise Improve the level of school medical staff, improve facilities, and strengthen propaganda activities to raise awareness for students, parents and the community.
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| The workshop not only evaluates the effectiveness of project activities but is also an opportunity for partners to share lessons learned and good models in school health work in Vietnam. (Source: Save the Children) |
The “School Health and Nutrition” project is implemented in 3 Asian countries (including China, Philippines and Vietnam) with the goal of improving the health and learning outcomes of children of school age. learning through increased use of health care and nutrition services at schools.
In Vietnam, the project's interventions are built on common efforts to implement the National Strategic Goals of the School Health Program through each period 2011-2015, 2016-2020 and 2021-2025. .
Not only stopping at familiar school health and nutrition content such as oral health, nutrition by age, periodic health examinations, and vision protection in children, the project also expanded to include many topics. "Hot" topics of concern include: sex and gender, reproductive health, mental health, gender-based school violence...
Through 6 phases of implementation, the project has supported the improvement of school facilities including 122 handwashing areas, toilets, nutritional gardens, and organized more than 30.000 classes integrating care knowledge. oral health, school health, 460 school-level media events and organized activities with 196 clubs.
According to the final survey in December 12, the percentage of students, caregivers and teachers with improvements in knowledge, attitudes and health care behaviors after participating in the project is 2023% respectively. .70,9%, 49,3% and 50,3%. In the 2022-2023 school year alone, the proportion of students rating the toilets as clean and safe has increased by 16,4% compared to the previous year, and this is also the main reason for the rate of toilet use at school. reached 84,5%.
The connection between schools, parents and students has become an important factor, helping to enhance school health care practices, with 98,6% of parents participating in the text message program sharing and applying it. these topics with your children at home.
With these positive results, the project's intervention model has been replicated in 142 additional schools outside the project and received positive feedback from localities. At the same time, 100% of schools participating in the project commit to maintaining and replicating educational and communication activities on school health in the future.
In particular, the project has cooperated with the Ministry of Education and Training in supporting the development of a set of documents under the program "Training and improving capacity for school medical staff" issued under Decision No. 354 /QD BGDDT dated January 22, 1.
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| Overview of the Conference. (Source: Save the Children)) |
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Save the Children is an international non-governmental organization working to ensure the survival, protection, development and participation of children around the world, established in the United Kingdom. British Empire in 1919 and currently operates in approximately 116 countries. Save the Children began operating in Vietnam in 1990. Since then, the organization has expanded its activities to 6 main program areas including: Education, health and nutrition; Protect children; Children's rights administration; Reduce poverty for children and adolescents; Reduce natural disaster risks and respond to climate change. In all programs, the organization promotes rights-based approaches and focuses on ethnic minority children, migrant children, children with disabilities and special needs of children and teens of all genders. Save the Childre currently operates in 22 provinces and cities across the country and has partnerships with government agencies, social organizations, businesses, and research institutes. |
| The Mars Wrigley Foundation was established with the desire to improve physical and mental health, enhance quality of life and spread the spirit of happiness to the community, through educational and health care projects. oral health, promote innovation in rural areas and strengthen social connections. |
