Congratulations to Dr. Shawnda Morrison on their recent publication "Development of the FitBack online platform: enhancing global child fitness assessment, health-related interpretation, and surveillance" published in Health Policy and Technology! The abstract and citation are provided below. Abstract Objectives: Physical fitness is an important indicator of health...

06 January, 2025

Today, May 21st, 2024, the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) is celebrating its 10th Anniversary! The AHKGA was established in 2014 with a mission to power the global movement to get kids moving through thought leadership, knowledge translation and mobilization, capacity building, and advocacy. This is facilitated...

21 May, 2024

Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) is excited to announce that registration for the Global Matrix 5.0 is now open! The Global Matrix initiative involves the production and subsequent comparison of country-specific Physical Activity Report Cards for children and adolescents, using a harmonized process to assess...

15 January, 2024

Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance and the Health Behaviour in School-age Children study unveil a new strategic partnership. We are delighted to announce the establishment of a formal partnership between the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study’s (HBSC)...

26 September, 2023

We are pleased to announce that the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)  with FitBack, the European Network for the Support of Development of Systems for Monitoring Physical Fitness of Children and Adolescents. The MOU came into effect on March...

13 March, 2023

We are pleased to announce that Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the Sleep and Activity Database for the Early Years (SADEY) Leadership Group signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a partnership. The MOU came into effect on November 21, 2022, and...

14 December, 2022

Report compares 57 countries across six continents and gives physical activity a “D” grade OCTOBER 24, 2022 – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Children and adolescents around the world are not moving enough to promote healthy growth and development, and the COVID-19 pandemic only made matters...

24 October, 2022

A new partnership has commenced between the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (IFAPA). The Memorandum of Understanding  (MOU) between both organisations came into effect on the 1st September 2022 and will last for five years and...

05 October, 2022

The AHKGA has recently released the "AHKGA Publications and Data Ownership Policy" document. The purpose of this document is to provide structure and support to the planning of the dissemination of findings/data generated by the AHKGA activities. If you are interested in leading studies/manuscripts/thesis involving a...

13 September, 2022

We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance (AHKGA) and the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH).  The MOU was signed on March 31, 2022 and will remain in force for...

20 April, 2022

As the AHKGA has secured some financial support, the AHKGA Board of Directors took the decision to launch a new “AHKGA Fellowship” program – one Fellow per Global Matrix to help build capacity and leadership within the sector. The AHKGA Fellow will provide support for the...

03 March, 2022

AHKGA leaders, Dr. John Reilly (Scotland) and Dr. Mark Tremblay (Canada), wrote an article titled “Rewild your kids: why playing outside should be a post-pandemic priority” that was just published in The Conversation.  Congratulations, John and Mark! Please click here to read the article in The...

11 March, 2021

Thank you to Dr. Salomé Aubert for providing this post. January 25th, 2021: Public Release of France’s 2020 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a very strict lockdown was imposed to slow down the progression of the...

28 January, 2021

New WHO 2020 guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour have just been launched. These guidelines update the previous WHO recommendations released in 2010 and provide evidence-based recommendations for children, adolescents, adults and older adults on the amount of physical activity required for optimal health...

27 November, 2020

The International Platform on Sport and Development, the Australian Government and Commonwealth Secretariat have collaborated to support the development of a new free online course "Sport for Sustainable Development: Designing effective policies and programmes." The course will be launched this month and aims to help individuals...

17 July, 2020
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