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270-141
Photographer: 
Basil Safi
Credit: 
© 2006 Basil Safi, Courtesy of Photoshare
Location: 
Mafraq
Jordan
Category: 
child health
children
health education
students
youth programs
Date taken: 
November 29, 2006
Project: 
Health Competent School Initiative, Jordan

Caption

Students participate in the Health Competent School Initiative after-school program at an elementary school in Mafraq, Jordan. The program promotes fitness, nutrition, non-smoking, and hygiene.

Notes

The Health Competent School Initiative, launched by the Health Communication Partnership (HCP) and the Academy for Educational Development (AED) in Jordan, is an after-school program sponsored by both the Jordan Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. It was launched to help students, teachers and community members work together so that everyone connected to the schools can start living healthy and stay healthy. The program is comprised of four components: fitness; nutrition; non-smoking; and hygiene. The twelve schools enrolled in the initiative commit to organizing two health-related activities per semester, and then compete amongst each other for top competency.

History of Use

Organization Media Type Title
Futures Group (Washington) Powerpoint Presentation Achieving the Millennium Development Goals: How Can Family Planning Contribute?, August 2007
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Other World Population Data Sheet, August 2007
Non-Profit Organizations Knowledge Initiative - NPOKI Website www.npoki.org, October 2006
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Poster Human Population Center at Bloomberg School of Public Health, November 2006
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health/Center for Communication Programs Website www.jhuccp.org/training/scope/ ,SCOPE for Advances Training, June 2006
UNESCO Other 'Quality Education and HIV and AIDS', UNAIDS Inter-Agency Task Team on Education, May 2006
UNESCO Other EDUCAIDS: Towards a Comprehensive Education Sector Response; A Framework for Action, October 2006
UNESCO Other UNESCO HIV and AIDS Education: Document Folder, May 2006
Population Reference Bureau (PRB) Other Population Reference Bureau Annual Report 2007, January 2008
UNESCO Manual Practical Guidelines for supporting EDUCAIDS Implementation