A one-day National level Conference on Nutrition titled “School Swasthya Panchayat 2024” was organized on 28^th September 2024 at Vivanta by Taj, Surajkund by SHARP NGO, India’s largest school health network working pan India since 1999. The event was to mark the 25 years of the service in the field of   ‘School Health’ by the NGO. It aims to improve the nutritional outcomes of adolescents, children, pregnant women, and lactating mothers. The event was attended by over 300 delegates comprising nutritionists, doctors, academicians, policymakers, students, teachers, Government, CSR, and health professionals from various parts of the country. While inaugurating the event, Sh. SR Bairwa, Registrar, NCALT, Mnistry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, informed that the Government is in the process of preparation of Vision Document 2047, a way forward to make India a well-developed country, and to achieve this goal, the necessary roadmap towards the eradication of malnutrition by 2030 is a key priority for the country. Dr. Puran Prakash, Founder of SHARP NGO gave the opening speech for the event.

School Swasthya Panchayat 2024 conference was curated using the Panchtattva strategy to achieve the goal of reaching out to all the school going children to improve their health by using the school infrastructure as the cos effective medium. It  showcased the deliberations to discuss the interventions which can be used to combat malnutrition, growing cyber addiction and other health issues . This was complemented with interesting segments such as award ceremony and cultural performances.

Several students, teachers, schools, corporate organizations, and individuals were felicitated with School Health  Awards for their exemplary work in the field of school health.

Speaking on occasion, Ms. Menaka Sharma, Director, School Health Annual Report Programme (SHARP) emphasized the need to introspect the reasons and find solutions to the problems of hunger and malnutrition in India.

More details about the conference are available at  www.schoolhealthsummit.in

About SHARP NGO:

SHARP, a pan India NGO working in the field of public health since 1999, is a scientifically planned health program for community development, professionally managed under the guidance of eminent medical experts, sociologists, educationists, psychologists, nutritionists, and others who have a vision of promoting healthcare and overall development in the third world countries. To combat malnutrition, SHARP uses AAA Approach i.e. Assessment, Analysis, and Awareness which includes liaising/ networking with local key stakeholders, Training/ Capacity Building of the stakeholders (ANM, Anganwadi workers, ASHA workers, teachers, religious leaders, Village Health & Sanitation Committee), Pre & Post Nutritional Assessment of beneficiaries and IEC/ BCC Activities for behavioural change. SHARP has also implemented many Govt schemes like NRHM for school health programs, RBSK (Rashtirya Bal Suraksha Karyakaram), RKSK (Rashtriya Kishore Swasthya Karyakaram), Menstrual Health, SABLA, School AIDS Awareness Program, and Sanitation programs under Swachh Bharat Mission. For more details, please visit our website: (www.schoolindia.org)