positive changes in health, and to providing opportunities for physical activity, by implementing a multi-faceted approach to address the health problems faced within disadvantaged settings in low- and middle-income countries. This will be achieved through two programmes: KaziKidz and KaziHealth.

The KaziBantu project is a specially tailored school-based intervention programme aimed at consolidating the practice of physical education and ensuring the physical literacy and healthy active living of school children and teachers. The KaziBantu Project (Kazi – active, Bantu – people: KaziBantu – Active People)  is  dedicated  to  creating  long-lasting positive changes in health, and to providing opportunities for physical activity, by implementing a multi-faceted approach to address the health problems faced within disadvantaged settings in low- and middle-income countries. This will be achieved through two programmes: KaziKidz and KaziHealth.

This UNESCO Chair on Physical Activity and Health in Educational Settings is established for an initial period of four years by means of an agreement between UNESCO and the University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland, to initiate programmes that advance teaching, learning and research in areas that are a priority for UNESCO. Furthermore, triangular cooperation with the Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is enforced with the aim of addressing needs in the development context. This Chair is also created to institute a new teaching and research unit, or to strengthen an existing teaching or research programme while giving it an international dimension. In consultation with UNESCO, the Chair holder is appointed to lead the activities of the Chair.

aim of addressing needs in the development context. This Chair is also created to institute a new teaching and research unit, or to strengthen an existing teaching or research programme while giving it an international dimension. In consultation with UNESCO, the Chair holder is appointed to lead the activities of the Chair.

The Novartis Foundation is a philanthropic organization which strives to have sustainable impact on the health of low-income communities through a combination of programmatic work, health outcomes research, and its translation into policy to tackle global health challenges. The Novartis Foundation, Nelson Mandela University, University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute have expanded the DASH program into the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities initiative, which is called “KaziBantu” in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Dr Ann Aerts is the head of the Novartis Foundation.

and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute have expanded the DASH program into the Healthy Schools for Healthy Communities initiative, which is called “KaziBantu” in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Dr Ann Aerts is the head of the Novartis Foundation.

Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, the University of Basel and the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute in Switzerland, partnered to explore the implementation of a multi-fold school-based intervention that will benefit the school community as a whole, focusing on schoolchildren (KaziKidz) and teachers (KaziHealth).

that will benefit the school community as a whole, focusing on schoolchildren (KaziKidz) and teachers (KaziHealth).