FRESH, UNESCO

FRESH is an acronym for Focusing Resources on Effective School Health, an inter-agency framework developed by UNESCO, UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank, launched at the Dakar Education Forum, 2000, which incorporates the experience and expertise of these and other agencies and organizations. It is a worldwide program for improving the health of school children and youths.

Although aimed at improving learning opportunities for children and youths by first improving their health, FRESH is more than simply the provision of school health services. FRESH is a combination of activities in four core areas:

There are three supporting strategies:

The importance UNESCO attaches to this initiative can be seen from its introduction:

Reflecting the main themes of the program, online tools are available freely to all:

FRESH is linked to three global challenges:

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