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<\/a><\/p>\nFollowing the success of the 2nd School Health & Nutrition (SHN) Training Course for government, United Nations and civil society staff in the Asian region earlier this year, PCD<\/a> are delighted to announce that applications are now open<\/a> for the 3rd Asia SHN Training Course.<\/p>\n Held at Mahidol University in Bangkok, Thailand, and jointly hosted by the Thai Ministries of Education and Health between 2 -10 December 2013, the course will cover a broad range of topics in the field of SHN and will focus on the key issue of malnutrition; looking at the double burden of stunting and wasting, and under-nutrition among children as well as the growing issue of child obesity in Asia.<\/p>\n Read more on the 3rd Asia SHN Training Course<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n In order to strengthen the implementation of Kenya\u2019s Home Grown School Meals<\/a> (HGSM) programme, PCD recently supported Kenya’s ministries of education and health to deliver national training to school feeding implementers across 70 counties and sub-counties in Kenya.<\/p>\n The initial phase of training was carried out among a total of 345 heads and directors from education, health and agriculture county departments, to enhance the role of Kenya\u2019s decentralized regions in the programme and to increase the involvement of the programme\u2019s supply chain beneficiaries. The second phase of training, carried out in July and August saw over 3,400 participants targeted from 1717 schools, provided the opportunity for teachers from beneficiary schools to share experiences and challenges in school feeding delivery.<\/p>\nPCD supports Kenyan Ministries of Education and Health to carry out national training for school meals programme<\/h1>\n
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