Schools join health programs

Schools join health programs

TERNATE, Maluku: The principals and teachers of 624 elementary schools in 52 districts here have joined a basic health care training program to learn how to identify minor ailments in children.

Organized by the ministries of health and education, the training covers materials such as nutrition and family planning methods. It also instructs the teachers how to conduct brief health surveys, organize immunization programs and identify respiratory problems.

Organizer Rossa Karamoi told the Antara news agency that the program is expected to help improve the overall health of children as well as control contagious diseases. (swe)