This seminar was held in partnership with WFP under the title of "Utilizing evidence-based research to inform policy: The Case of School Feeding Programs"

2. School Health and Nutrition
Program

3. SHN Program
Overall Goal:
Children have improved health and education status
to learn and develop to their full potential.
Main Objective:
Improved learning and development outcomes for
all boys and girls, which includes improved health
and nutrition related knowledge, attitudes, practices
and behaviors.
20 Mar. 2017Summary of Review reports and 2017’s SAP 3

4. SHN Slogan
‘Be Healthy to Learn and Learn to be Healthy’
24 Apr. 2018SHN Program 4

5. Nutrition-Related Problems Among
Children in Schools
•Anemia.
•Underweight.
•Overweight and Obesity.
•Vitamin Deficiency.
24 Apr. 2018SHN Program 5

6. Main Causes of Nutrition-Related
Problems
•Amount of food: malnutrition -
overeating.
•Unbalanced diet.
•Unhealthy food.
•Other health problems.
•Social/ educational/ economical causes.
24 Apr. 2018SHN Program 6

7. Implementation Strategy
7
Skill-
based
Health
Education
Health
Policy and
Advocacy
Nutrition
Services
Safe
Learning
Environ
ment
FRESH: Focusing Resources for Effective School
Health

8. Save the Children’s Interventions
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Access to
Services
Quality
Learning
Environment
Health
Education
Policy
Activation
Establish and
equip a
health
canteen in
schools to
provide
access to
students to
health food.
Safe places to
store food.
Regular
sessions on
hygiene,
healthy diet
and health
practices.
Support
activating the
MoE’s School
and
Environment
committees at
different levels.

9. Healthy Canteen Initiative

10. Main Objectives:
•Provide alternative to the unhealthy foods sold
through school canteen.
•Address the problems of malnutrition, unhealthy,
unbalanced eating habits among school children.
•Raise awareness on healthy eating habits.
•Provide affordable healthy/tasty food at schools’
canteens.
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11. Target Beneficiaries:
School-aged children: 6-15 years old.
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12. Process:
•Healthy Canteen Manual: National Institute of Nutrition.:
•Healthy dieting habits.
•A list of 13 meals.
•Meals rich with vitamins & minerals needed for children in
the age group of 6-15 years old.
•Meal suite the Egyptian taste.
•Easily prepared in a school setting.
•Affordable prices (1.5 to 2 EGP - 11¢).
•Recipe for preparation, nutritional value/facts per serving
size, optimum packaging, and storage conditions.
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13. Process:
•Train teachers and supervisors .
•Equip healthy canteen rooms with all needed equipment (10
schools).
•Follow up the safety procedures: fire extinguishers, med.
check-up for teachers, etc.
•Students participate in cooking with specific safe tasks in
cooking.
•Provide fun to schools to purchase raw materials.
24 Apr. 2018SHN Program 13

14. Process:
•Close monitoring from the MoE nutrition team.
•Healthy Canteen financial system is under the umbrella of
MoE regulation (Productive School).
•Activate the school decrees of prohibiting selling junk food at
schools through supporting the work of the the MoE’s
School Health and Environment Committees at different
levels.
24 Apr. 2018SHN Program 14