What is the Global Platform to monitor school health?
The Global platform to monitor school health, developed by WHO, UNESCO, UNICEF and the World Food Programme, aims to support countries to obtain standardized evidence-based data to monitor their school health programmes and policies against the global standards for health-promoting schools, and selected indicators.
What information is collected by the Global Platform?
The platform uses inputs from the national level (based on the national level questionnaire called ANESH – Assessment of National Education Systems for Health – that collects data on relevant school health policies) and from schools (based on the Global School health Policies and Practices Survey (G-SHPPS that collects data on policies’ implementation).
Menstrual health data in the Assessment of National Education Systems for Health (ANESH) questionnaire
Menstrual health-related questions in ANESH include:
Is menstrual health management included in the national curriculum at primary and / or secondary level (either as an independent subject or integrated into core subjects)?
Menstrual health data in the Global School Health Policies and Practices Survey (G-SHPPS) questionnaire
Menstrual health-related questions in G-SHPPS include:
As part of the health services offered to students, are the following health promotion* activities routinely provided? (Mark yes or no or I do not know for each health promotion activity.)
Does this school provide sanitary napkins or other menstrual supplies to students?
Can students in this school be excused from physical education for an extended period for the
following reasons? (Mark yes or no or I do not know for each reason.)