National School Health, Nutrition and Meals Programme Strategy
Kenya is proud to have developed a National School Health, Nutrition and Meals Strategy. This document is however still in Draft form but awating signature from the Perment Secretary Ministry of Education. This will be jointly pbulished by the Ministries of Health, Educaiton and Agriculture.
This strategy translates the provisions of the national school health policy 2009 and the associated National school health guidelines (2009) into five strategic objectives and actions under each to be implemented over the period 2011-2015. It identifies roles and responsibilities for various actors and or stakeholders. Over all, the document urges for inter-ministerial coordination, multi-sectoral planning, joint action, Monitoring and evaluation. It also outlines a strategy for monitoring progress.
The trajectory for the development of this Strategy has been characterized by interactive stakeholder consultations, review of trends, policies, literature, and analytical work by a team representing the various shades of interests supported by consultants.