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    Health, nutrition and performance in primary schools: case study of Maranda Schools in Maranda Division, Rondo District-Kenya
    (Kampala International University.College of Education, 2013-12) Sarah, Otieno
    The study was carried out to explore the health and nutritional effects on the primary pupils' performance in Maranda Division, Bonda District. Specifically the study set out to explore different conceptions, participants held on nutrition among the children, the effects on the academic performance. These effects were poor performance in examinations resulting from the irregular attendances, poor interpretation of materials due to poor brain growth, under enrolment due to high school dropouts caused by nutritional related diseases and poor concentration in class due to the temporary hunger kids face during school hours. Since the current efforts aimed at making education accessible to all children are general, the following recommendations have been given. These are; • Annual oral iron supplementation with low cost treatment has been recommended where fortification of salt and other products would improve the amount of iron in their bodies. • There should be stimulation of protective immunity by periodic treatments for the parasitic helminths nutritional related infections among children.