Challenges In School Health In India

Abstract

Early intervention is crucial in dealing with the rising frequency of communicable and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) throughout the globe. With the help of the WHO's Global School Health Initiative, the Government of India has directed several policies and programmes to include health more fully into education. Actions that are part of education Programs are being established across the world to promote school health. It has been shown to be beneficial to both individuals and society as a whole. A lesson that may be learned in a matter of the incidence of diarrhoea in children is reduced by more than half if proper hand hygiene is practised (a significant cause of death in children). A plan for health promotion in schools that can be replicated, sustained, and scalable has to be developed in India. Localised in order to fit local needs Multidisciplinary engagement is welcomed, despite the fact that current programmes have a few known issues. In order to overcome these problems, it is necessary to work with government organisations, educational boards, and the health sector in addition to the school. as well as establishing the HPS hypothesis as accepted fact As a result, several already-existing.