Promoting Health Through Schools - Report of a WHO Expert Committee on Comprehensive School Health Education and Promotion (WHO, 1997, 104 p.): 3. Strengthening school health programmes at the international, national, and local levels: 3.8 National-level strategies: 3.8.7 Pakistan

Promoting Health Through Schools - Report of a WHO Expert Committee on Comprehensive School Health Education and Promotion (WHO, 1997, 104 p.)

3. Strengthening school health programmes at the international, national, and local levels

3.8 National-level strategies

		(introduction...)
		3.8.1 Antigua
		3.8.2 Bahrain
		3.8.3 Canada
		3.8.4 The European Network of Health Promoting Schools: Bulgaria’s experience
		3.8.5 India
		3.8.6 Indonesia
		3.8.7 Pakistan
		3.8.8 Philippines
		3.8.9 United States

3.8.7 Pakistan

A school mental health programme has been introduced in Rawalpindi District, with a school population of 1.5 million students. The programme aims at risk prevention by teaching life skills. Schools encourage students to communicate their knowledge to their parents and communities (54).