Policy Lever 1: National-level policy that addresses school health |
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Madagascar
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School health is included in the national poverty reduction strategy or in the equivalent
national policy
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Published and distributed national policy that covers all four components of FRESH
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Published national policy is multisectoral in its approach
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Policy Lever 2: Coordinated implementation of a national-level policy that addresses school health |
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Madagascar
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A multisectoral steering committee coordinates implementation of a school national health
policy.
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Policy Lever 3: Governance of the national school health policy |
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Madagascar
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A national budget line(s) and funding allocated to school health: funds are disbursed to the
implementation levels in an effective and timely manner
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Policy Lever 4: Quality assurance of programming |
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Madagascar
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A situation analysis assesses the need for inclusion of various thematic areas, informs
policy, design, and implementation of the national school health program such that it is targeted and
evidence-based
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Monitoring and Evaluation
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Policy Lever 5: Gender mainstreaming in the national school health policy |
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Madagascar
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Gender dimension of health addressed in the national education policy
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Policy Lever 1: Physical school environment |
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Madagascar
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Provision of water facilities
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Provision of sanitation facilities
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Provision of sound school structures (including accessibility for children with disabilities)
and school safety
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Policy Lever 2: Psychosocial school environment |
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Madagascar
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Issues of stigmatization are recognized and addressed by the education system
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Protection of learners and staff against violence
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Provision of psychosocial support to teachers and students who are affected by trauma
due to shock
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Policy Lever 1: School-based delivery of health and nutrition services |
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Madagascar
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The school based delivery of health and nutrition services identified in the situation
analysis and outlined in the national policy are being implemented
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Policy Lever 2: School-based screening and referral to health systems |
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Madagascar
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Remedial services
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Adolescent health services
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Policy Lever 1: Knowledge-based health education |
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Madagascar
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Provision of basic, accurate health, HIV and AIDS, nutrition and hygiene information in the
school curriculum relevant to behavior change
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Policy Lever 2: Age-appropriate and sex-specific life skills education for health |
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Madagascar
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Participatory approaches are part of the curriculum and used to teach key age-appropriate
and sex-specific life skills for health themes
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Policy Lever 1: Overarching policies for school feeding (SF) in alignment with national-level policy |
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Madagascar
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National poverty reduction strategy (PRS) or equivalent national strategy as well as sectoral
policies and strategies identify school feeding as education/social protection intervention. Policies have clearly definied objectives and sectoral responsibilities
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Recognize school feeding as an education and/or social protection intervention. School feeding is not included in published national-level poverty reduction strategy (PRS), equivalent national policy, or sectoral policies and strategies
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Evidence-based technical policy related to school feeding outlines program's objectives, design, and funding. Policy addresses the four other
school feeding policy goals
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There is recognition of the need for a technical policy related to school feeding, but one has not yet been developed or published
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Policy Lever 1: Governance of the national school feeding (SF) program through stable funding and
budgeting |
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Madagascar
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National budget line(s) and funding are allocated to school feeding (SF) and funds disbursed to
implementation levels in a timely and effective manner
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SF included in natl planning process and natl funding is stable through a budget line but unable to cover all needs. No budget line at regional and school levels. Existing school feeding funds are disbursed to the implementation levels intermittently
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Policy Lever 1: School feeding (SF) inter-sectoral coordination and strong partnerships |
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Madagascar
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Multisectoral steering committee coordinates implementation of a national school
feeding policy |
Any multisectoral steering committee coordination efforts are currently non-systematic
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Policy Lever 2: Management and accountability structures, strong institutional frameworks, and
monitoring and evaluation |
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Madagascar
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National school feeding management unit and accountability structures are in place,
coordinating with school-level structures
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SF unit exists at the nationall level but lacks a clear mandate and has limited resources and staff numbers. While coordination mechanisms between the national, regional/local (if applicable), and school level are in place, they are not fully functioning
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School-level management and accountability structures are in place
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Mechanisms for managing school feeding at the school level are non-uniform and national guidance on this is lacking
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Policy Lever 1: Quality assurance of programming and targeting, modalities, and procurement design, ensuring design that is both needs-based and cost-effective |
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Madagascar
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A functional monitoring and evaluation (M&E) system is in place as part of the structure of the lead institution and used for implementation and feedback
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A government M&E plan exists for school feeding with intermittent data collection and reporting occurring especially at the national level
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Program design identifies appropriate target groups and targeting criteria corresponding to
the national school feeding (SF) policy and the situation analysis
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The need for targeting is recognised, but a situation analysis has not yet been undertaken that assesses school feeding needs and neither targeting criteria nor a targeting methodology has been established as yet
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Food modalities and the food basket correspond to objectives, local habits and tastes,
availability of local food, food safety guidelines, and nutrition content requirements
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There is recognition of the need for national standards for food modalities and the food basket, but these do not exist yet
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Procurement and logistics arrangements are based on procuring as locally as possible,
taking into account the costs, the capacities of implementing parties, the production capacity in the
country, the quality of the food, and the stability of the pipeline
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There is recognition of the need for national standards for procurement and logistics arrangements, but these do not exist yet
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Policy Lever 1: Strong community participation, accountability and ownership |
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Madagascar
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Community participates in school feeding (SF) program design, implementation, management
and evaluation and contributes resources (in-kind, cash or as labor)
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A school feeding management committee exists but parent and community member participation could be strengthened and awareness on the opportunity to monitor and feedback on the school feeding program is lacking
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