Humans deserve human worthy service – this is one of the key principles of Alight, formerly the American Refugee Committee (ARC). The organization works in countries across the world to build a meaningful life for and with the displaced, with integrated healthcare and Nutrition services an integral part of this.

Florence’s story Teacher and School Health Worker, Florence Jere, talks through the value of reducing absenteeism in Zambian schools. “When a child is well and in class, I get very happy” As a mother of three, Florence knows what it is like to feel worried about a sick child.

In Zambia, many school-aged children, ages 6-18, do not have reliable access to basic healthcare services. For decades, global health funding has focused on newborns and children under 5 years old but has largely ignored these school-aged children…