The role of teachers in supporting health
Updated: 30 September 2022

Manuela Leporesi
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- Teachers are a good source of health information for students
- Teachers can provide information to students on how to stay healthy, such as to eat well and be physically active
- Students can use this information to make good decisions for health
- Teachers can help students link to health and other services, such as to ‘youth-friendly’ services
- Teachers should help students learn about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Students can learn how the SDGs can create a more sustainable world and improve health
- Teachers can support students to come up with ideas on ways to create a better world for their future
- Teachers can offer opportunities for training and study
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Publications
All →Report of the 11th Meeting of the WHO Strategic and Technical Advisory Group of Experts for Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, 10–12 June 2025
Accelerating progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals
Framework to implement a life course approach in practice
Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All: Report
Reports
All →Joint evaluation of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (SDG3-GAP): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response update
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Management response
Joint Evaluability Assessment of the Global Action Plan for Healthy Lives and Well-being for All (2020): Report
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