Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition: Launch
With this public high-level event, LSHTM and a partnership of donors including the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and Dubai Cares, will launch the Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition.
In January 2020, nearly one in every two primary school children worldwide received a meal every day at school. Once the COVID-19 pandemic began, by April 2020 some 370 million children were missing out on what had often been their only dependable meal of the day.
There is a growing Global Coalition to help countries re-establish, increase, and improve school health and nutrition programmes, the health and well-being of all children, provide a safety net for a generation, create human capital, support national growth, and promote economic development. Within and informing the Coalition is the Global Research Consortium for School Health and Nutrition – a 10-year collaboration of academic, research and development partners that will address and share strategic research for evidence-based decision-making on school health and nutrition.