The training was attended by 2 district health officers, 2 district education officers, 6 teachers, 3 SISOs and 4 nurses, totaling 11 from Education
service and 6 Health workers. In all 17 participants attended the training.The day one (1) training started at 9:00am prompt with opening prayer by a participant.
Self-introduction and familiarization among participants were done to established rapport before official welcome address and remarks by District Directors of Health
(Ms. Wilhelmina Tiwaah Duah) and Education (Mr. Isaac Opoku Nkoom). The directors welcomed the participants from both departments and commended them for honoring the
invitation and attending the programme. She said that the NFSI is a collaborative programme between Ghana Health Service and Ghana Education Service which needs and
collective efforts and team work from both departments for efficient and effective implementation of the programme. The content of the training was shared as follows;
To know the importance of NFSI in school aged children, To know the role of GES and GHS staff roles and responsibilities in this programme and Why NFSI targeting school aged children
Nutrition Friendly School Initiative (NFSI) Scale Up Training
Nutrition Friendly School Initiative (NFSI) Scale Up Training
Nutrition Friendly School Initiative (NFSI) is a collaborative initiative by Ghana Health Service (GHS), Ghana Education Service (GES), UNICEF and other key partners and focuses on ensuring good nutrition and health among school aged children. Good nutrition is a key component of every individual to ensure optimal health and improve productivity. Promoting good nutrition among children of school going children will provide a platform to promoting healthy living and healthy school environment in school children for conducive teaching and learning. School aged children are at risk of many nutrition and health related concern such as malnutrition, diet related non-communicable diseases, (diabetes, hypertension etc.), anemia and parasitic infections due to poor nutrition resulting from deficiencies in essential vitamins and minerals
