An update from the Public Health Movement WHO Tracker notes that "The latest report from WHO on immunisation coverage (EB154/9, to be considered at the WHO Executive Board from 22 January) describes a very uneven recovery following the Covid pandemic. Challenges persist in meeting global coverage targets, in eliminating diseases like polio and measles, and in preventing large outbreaks. Zero-dose children stands at 14.1 million (down from year previous but more than 2019) and progress has stalled in low-income countries and in the African region. The report notes the "At the start of 2023, global partners launched the “Big Catch-Up” initiative to support countries to reach children who had missed out on vaccination during the pandemic years, and to restore the immunization trajectory toward Immunization Agenda 2030 goals. See the report Progress towards Global Immunization submitted to to the WHO Board.
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DevelopmentAid, in collaboration with Ali Al Mokdad, Co-Lead of the AI Working Group within NetHope, will be holding a webinar to delve into the transformative effects of AI on key roles within the NGO sector. The event aims to provide NGO professionals with insights into how, rather than replacing jobs, AI can enhance and revolutionize them, empowering workers to focus on the more strategic and impactful aspects of their roles. Date: 25 January at 4 PM (Brussels Time) / 10 AM (Washington DC Time) Register here
USAID's Center for Resilience is at the forefront of the movement to build resilience globally. ResilienceLinks is a knowledge sharing initiative and platform for development and humanitarian practitioners to learn through shared evidence how to apply resilience approaches to their work — across sectors and geographies — to improve outcomes. Its January 30 webinar will focus on Strengthening Resilience Through the Education Sector. The session will explore highlights from recent research pointing to the increased importance of building resilience for individual children and youth, households, and communities in both stable and conflict-affected settings in USAID’s Resilience Focus Countries. Register here
The National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy has published a report on Health in All Policies Training: Inventory, Analysis, and Avenues for Reflection. The report notes that "Although the HiAP approach is fundamentally rooted in multisectoral work, the training initiatives primarily target professionals and decision makers in the health sector.. For example, when discussing the integration of other sectors within HiAP initiatives, it is common to suggest ways that representatives from the health sector can convince them to take part, including by considering their interests and objectives. Thus, one of the main pitfalls to avoid is that of HiAP being perceived as “health imperialism. To uphold the principle of intersectoral collaboration intrinsic to HiAP, it would be useful for training initiatives to more explicitly target a multitude of sectors. It seems contradictory to stress the need to take into consideration the interests of all sectors, to promote the equality of all actors and to avoid at all costs the perception of “health imperialism,” when the training initiatives themselves do little to involve actors from other sectors.” Read the full report.
The National Collaborating Centre for Healtyh Public Policy in Canada has published guidance on how policies from other jurisdictions can be adpted for use. "When public health actors propose policy options to policy makers for addressing public health problems, they may include in their proposals policies that have proven effective in other jurisdictions – in other words, they may recommend borrowing these policies. Based on a review of the literature, this document presents a structured list of the factors that facilitate the borrowing of public policies. It also describes how public health actors can use these factors to assess the relevance of proposing the borrowing of policies from elsewhere and, where appropriate, mobilize these factors when presenting these policies to policy makers. Go to the NCHPP brief.
New results from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study’s 2021/22 international survey, reveal a worrying picture for adolescent mental health, with girls reporting worse outcomes than boys across all measures of mental health and well-being.
Adolescent girls have worse mental health and well-being across the board compared to boys, finds the first analysis of HBSC’s mental health and well-being data from the 2021/22 survey, published today, World Mental Health Day, by the WHO Regional Office for Europe. See more information from the HBSC announcement. The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), a joint endeavour with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), will be extended to strengthen and expand its support for actionable evidence for education systems up to 2027. As the evidence-building arm of GPE, KIX engages 70 GPE partner countries to identify policy challenges, build evidence from local research and share knowledge within and across regions. Shaped by demand from national education systems, KIX is the largest fund solely dedicated to bridging knowledge gaps, supporting evidence generation and adopting innovative approaches by partner countries. Go to the GPE Announcement for more information.
A blog post from the Centre for Implementation starts a conversation about "de-implementation" by noting that many of us "struggle with implementing and scaling new things globally. Everyone, including staff and professionals, feels overworked, exhausted, burnt out, and not keen on “doing more.”. When people talk about de-implementation, they could be describing 1 of 3 things: (1) Stopping ineffective or harmful practices (or those that are no longer relevant), (2) Modifying some things People may need to stop doing certain things or switch from doing something they once did. and (3) Reflecting on what people could stop doing. The blog post ends with the thought that " We believe there are huge opportunities for the field of implementation science to more deeply unpack de-implementation and for implementation support practitioners to embed de-implementation into existing initiatives in various ways. Read the blog post.
School systems are a big part of the current UNICEF Strategy for 2020-2030. The summary on page5 66-67 describes the role of schools as a " an important platform for improving children’s diets, delivering nutrition services and fostering positive
nutrition practices among children, adolescents and families across a range of contexts, including rural, urban, development and humanitarian settings. The priority areas for engagement include (a) Policies and programs to improve nutrition across several sectors, (b) School curricula to improve nutrition and promote physical activity, (c) Provision of essential nutrition services through a package of interventions in the school system, (d) healthy food environments in and around schools and (e) financial and human resources for nutrition in the education system. Read the UNICEF Strategy. This publication presents some examples in which recommendations from the SMC’s White Paper on Planet Friendly School Meals on transforming food systems by promoting healthy diets, sustainable agriculture, and economic equity are implemented in WFP. Unsustainable agricultural practices have led to environmental degradation and climate change, necessitating a shift towards sustainable food systems. School meals offer a unique opportunity to promote this transformation. By emphasizing planet-friendly menu changes, clean cooking solutions, waste reduction, food system education, and sustainable supply chains, school meals can foster healthier diets, support local agriculture, and enhance economic equity. Policy changes are crucial to drive systemic change and ensure the widespread adoption of these eco-friendly practices. From UNESCO Resource Centre on Health & Education. Go to full report.
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