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Schedule of Upcoming Webinars
This page provides a schedule of upcoming webinars and web meetings organized by ISHN and other organizations. If you would like to have a web session listed here, send an announcement in the format provided below to info@internationalschoolhealth.org

Also see our extensive list of recorded webinars in our webinars archive page with additional annual archived lists going back to 2008
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Session Description
Web Link, Recommended Resources
Wednesday 14 April 2021
(10:00 am Washington DC time)


The Multi-Sectoral Benefits of School Meals: Highlights from Two New Global Flagships
  • Ugo Gentilini, Global Lead for Social Safety Nets GSG, Social Protection & Jobs GP
  • Lindsay Carter, McGovern-Dole Director, Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), U.S. Department of Agriculture
  • Carmen Burbano,  Director, School-based Programmes Division, World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Arlene Mitchell, Executive Director, Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF)
  • Margaret Grosh, Senior Advisor, Social Protection & Jobs GP
  • Aulo Gelli, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
School feeding programs are the largest and most widespread social safety net in the world. The seminar will present key findings from two new flagship publications on the matter, namely State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020 and School Meal Programs Around the World. First published in 2013, the updated State of School Feeding Worldwide 2020 by WFP describes the coverage, implementation practices and costs of school-based health and nutrition programs worldwide, analyzes changes between 2013 and 2020, and updates evidence and understanding of school feeding programs. The report includes a discussion of the impact of COVID-19 on school feeding and proposes actions for moving forward. Based on GCNF's Global Survey of School Meal Programs, the School Meal Programs Around the World report covers multiple aspects of school meal programs, including financing and governance; links to agriculture, the private sector and job creation; complementary health and education activities; how and where the school food was sourced and foods served; school environments; and more. The survey, conducted prior to the current pandemic, will serve as a baseline against which to study the impact and responses to the pandemic. Data gathering for the next round of the survey will begin later this year. 
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Friday 16 April, 2021
(10:00 am Washington DC time)

Sama Resource for Women & Health with Gender, Justice and Health Thematic Group of People’s Health Movement (PHM)
Pandemics and Public Health: Learnings from the Past and Present
  • Dr. Eugene Richardson, a physician-anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. 
  • Dr. Vineeta Bal, a trained physician and an immunologist. She is currently a faculty at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Pune.
In the first conversation of this series held on 30th March, we had discussions around the history of plague and  Influenza, the role of the ‘regulatory’ State and how to approach making comparisons (if any) between past and present. How did they help in dealing with the present COVID 19 crisis? Who benefited from this experience and in what ways? What are our learnings from the past pandemics and the recent global outbreaks in terms of global governance? he second series of the conversation will be held on 16th April and will deliberate on the recent outbreaks such as Ebola and Zika.
Click on the web link to register.
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Tuesday 01 June 2021
(09:00 am Washington DC/ 14:00 London,

FRESH Partners
Preventing Non-Communicable Diseases in Low Resource Countries
(Details will be posted here soon)
To access this webinar, just click on this Participants Link a few minutes before the start of the session.
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Wednesday 07 April 2021

American School Health Association
Cultivating Social Emotional Skills Through Nutrition
  • Presented by Bessie O’Connor and Morgan Carey
This webinar will examine how nutrition lessons and activities provide opportunities for children to explore the mind-body connection, and help children develop core social and emotional strengths like self-management, responsible decision-making, self-awareness and social awareness.
Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize the role of nutrition education as one strategy in a multi-level approach to whole health.
  2. Describe the natural connection between nutrition and social and emotional learning (SEL).
  3. Identify SEL through nutrition education resources and strategies.
More information here.
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23 April 2021
(14:00 Washington DC time)

American School Health Association
Supporting Healthy Behavior Outcomes: Resources for Engaging Skills-Based Health Education
  • Presented by Amanda Nichols
The goals of health education are to maintain healthy student behaviors, change unhealthy student behaviors, and delay the onset of risky behaviors. In order to meet these goals, health education must be rooted in a skills-based approach, focusing the majority of instructional time on student skill development, rather than on solely developing content knowledge. To support that aim, RHC Health is excited to announce the release of our free updated Health Skill Guides. Aligned to National Health Education Standards, RMC Health and national experts, developed vertically aligned Health Skill Guides for the seven health skills: Analyzing Influences, Access Valid & Reliable Resources, Interpersonal Communication, Decision-Making, Goal-Setting, Self-Management, and Advocacy for Self & Others. These updated guides incorporated new research about best practices for culturally responsive teaching, social emotional learning, and engaging, relevant health instruction.

This interactive 60-minute presentation will introduce participants to the Updated Health Skill Guides and the underlying research. Participants will learn about the importance of skills-based health education to promote positive health outcomes for youth. Participants will also learn how to access materials for Health Skills Models through the RMC Health Website.
More information at RMC Health