News update UNESCO Chair – October 2021
Today we published the news update of the UNESCO Chair of October 2021. The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education is supporting The Jena Declaration which calls for a global …
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Addressing hate speech through education – Multi-stakeholder online forum
Hate speech is on the rise worldwide, with the potential to incite violence, undermine social cohesion and tolerance, and cause psychological, emotional and physical harm based on xenophobia, racism, antisemitism, …
The UNESCO Chair endorses The Jena Declaration
The UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education endorses The Jena Declaration which calls for a global mobilization to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) before 2030. It wants …
Building Health Throughout the Life Course
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) recently published “Building Health Throughout the Life Course. Concepts, Implications, and Application in Public Health[1]”. The publication explains how health develops and changes throughout …
Webinar Strategies for School Health Promotion during COVID-19 – 30 September 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted schools all over the world. Schools in many countries closed in haste and had to create virtual learning opportunities for their students. The reopening …
The Healthy Settings Approach in Hong Kong: Sustainable Development for Population Health
An individual’s health depends on their personal lifestyle and living conditions, which are influenced by a host of complex physical, social, and economic determinants. The same is true of organisational …
Involve children and young people in assessing the impact of school closures on their wellbeing and developing strategies for post-COVID-19 schooling
Article published in MDPI on 5 September 2021 Nearly 200 countries have implemented school closures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. Although these closures have seemed necessary, there …
Cost-effectiveness and return on investment of school-based health promotion programmes for chronic disease prevention
Although school-based health prevention programmes are effective in promoting healthy eating and physical activity, little is known about their economic impact. An economic evaluation of programmes identified as feasible, acceptable …
Survey on the UNESCO Strategy on Education for Health and Well-being
UNESCO is currently assessing its Strategy on Education for Health and Well-Being (2016-2021) with a view to updating it to reflect changes in the international health and development agenda, including …
Say no to discrimination in education! – UNESCO #RightToEducation campaign
The year 2020 marks 60 years since the adoption by UNESCO’s General Conference of the UNESCO Convention against Discrimination in Education. This Convention highlights States’ obligations to ensure free and compulsory education, …