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School health · Implementation

What actually happens, week by week

The parts that determine whether a programme succeeds are logistical, not clinical. This is how we run them.

Weeks 1–2

Approval and preparation

  1. Presentation to management

    Thirty minutes, with time for questions from the school's own medical adviser if it has one.

  2. Memorandum executed

    Scope, dates, cost, data handling and each side's obligations.

  3. Parent communication

    A letter in the languages the school uses, explaining what is collected, why, and how to decline.

Weeks 3–4

Consent and registration

  1. Consent collected

    Recorded per child, with the option to decline any component without declining the whole programme.

  2. ABHA generation or linkage

    For children who already have an ABHA number we link; for those who do not, we generate with consent.

  3. Roll reconciliation

    The list we screen against is the school's own roll, checked twice.

Week 5

Camp days

A camp floor, as we set it upRegistrationABHA, roll checkAnthropometryHeight, weight, vitalsPhlebotomySample collectionWaitingClass by classConsultation 1Paediatric / GP, 4DsConsultation 2Dental, eye, ENT (EPIC)CounsellingReferral, with parentsCard issueHand over, explainTwo private consultation spaces, one waiting area, power and a registration table. We bring the rest.Throughput: about 120 children per clinical station per day under RISE.
How we lay out a camp floor
08:00Set-up and volunteer briefing09:00Registration and ABHA linkage09:30Anthropometry and vitals10:00Blood sample collection11:00Paediatric / GP consultation — 4Ds12:30Dental, eye and ENT screening14:30Referral counselling with parents16:00Reconciliation and sign-off
A single camp day, 08:00 to 16:00

Throughput

One clinical station screens roughly 120 children in a day under RISE. A school of 1,200 is a five-day programme with two stations, or three days with four.

Weeks 6–8

Results, cards and referral

  1. Laboratory results returned

    Written back into each profile as coded results, not as a scanned page.

  2. Cards personalised and issued

    Handed to the child with a note for the parent explaining how to read it.

  3. Referral counselling

    For flagged children, with the parent present wherever possible.

  4. Report issued

    The school receives its aggregate report; families receive their own profiles.

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