DepEd at Zambia forum: Clean water, hygiene boosts PH student nutrition

MANILA, Philippines— Access to safe drinking water and clean sanitation facilities is just as critical to a child’s nutrition and classroom performance as serving nutritious meals, the Department of Education (DepEd) emphasized during a global education and nutrition summit in Lusaka, Zambia. At the Global Child Nutrition Forum 2026 held from Nov. 2 to 5,