Forth Training Session Held Online for Kolhapur’s Public Health in Action Programme

Foundation of Healthcare Technologies Society, University of Memphis School of Public Health, and Zila Parishad, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, under a joint collaborative initiative, are bringing the Model of Public Health Education to High Schools by using the Public Health in Action curriculum and establishing public health clubs across 50 high schools in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. This first-of-its-kind initiative is engaging more than 1,500 students all 12 blocks of Kolhapur.

Building on the earlier in-person, hybrid, and online sessions, the fourth training under this initiative was conducted online on July 29, 2026, training 17 nodal teachers across Kolhapur’s schools, continuing the momentum of equipping educators to lead this programme at the ground level.

The initiative furthers the goals of the National Education Policy 2020 and reflects how public health in action can support the Maharashtra state government’s ‘My Village Healthy Village’ initiative, working to address adolescent health challenges such as unhealthy eating, environmental pollution, physical inactivity, emotional well-being, mental health, and social media and mobile addiction.