Contents -- List of boxes, figures and tables -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- About the book -- Chapter 1 The compelling case for school health and nutrition -- Challenges in achieving Education for All -- School health and nutrition: a "quick win" -- Levelling the playing field -- The Double Jeopardy of disease among the poor -- School health and nutrition programmes develop capabilities -- Developing the case for school health and nutrition -- Chapter 2 Challenges for child health and nutrition -- Health and nutrition of infants and preschool children -- Health and nutrition in infancy and early childhood -- Summary: Health and nutrition in infancy and early childhood -- School-age children -- Disease -- Malnutrition -- Summary: School-age children -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3 Health, nutrition and access to education -- School enrolment, absenteeism and drop-out in poor countries -- Health, nutrition and school enrolment -- The impact of nutrition on primary school enrolment -- The impact of infection on primary school enrolment -- The impact of school-age health and nutrition on enrolment -- Summary: Health, nutrition and school enrolment -- Absenteeism and drop-out -- Malaria prevention improves school attendance -- Deworming improves school attendance -- Improved nutrition increases attendance at preschools -- School feeding programmes improve primary school attendance -- Parental infection with HIV&AIDS leads to absenteeism -- Summary: Health, nutrition and school attendance -- Interventions: What works? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4 Long-term effects of preschool health and nutrition on educational achievement -- Mechanisms for the effects of health and nutrition on learning -- Direct effects of health and nutrition on behaviour -- Indirect effects of health and nutrition on behaviour.

Nutritional deficiencies and child development -- Undernutrition -- Summary: Undernutrition and child development -- Micronutrient deficiencies -- Iron deficiency anaemia -- Other nutritional deficiencies -- Summary: Micronutrient deficiencies and child development -- Infectious disease and child development -- Malaria infection has long-term effects on education -- Worm infections may affect the cognitive abilities of preschoolers -- Infants with Giardia infection have lower IQ at age 9 -- Otitis media (Glue Ear) affects language development of poor children -- Survivors of meningitis perform poorly at school -- Summary: Infectious disease and child development -- Interventions: What works? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5 Health, nutrition and educational achievement of school-age children -- Nutritional deficiencies in school-age children -- Hungry children have poor cognitive abilities -- Undernourished children perform poorly at school -- School feeding programmes have modest effects on educational achievement -- Iron supplementation improves cognitive function of school-age children -- Cognitive development is delayed in iodine deficient areas -- Multiple micronutrients improve cognitive abilities -- Summary: Nutrition in school-age children -- Infectious disease in school-age children -- Deworming improves the potential to learn -- School-based malaria prevention improves educational achievement -- Colds delay reactions -- flu impairs attention -- Children with HIV infection perform poorly at school -- Orphanhood leads to psychosocial problems in school-age children -- Summary: Infection in school-age children -- Interventions: What works? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6 Costs and benefits of school health and nutrition interventions -- Intervention costs and cost-effectiveness -- Delivery costs of school health and nutrition programmes are low.

Cost-effectiveness of school health and nutrition programmes for improving children's health -- Cost-effectiveness of school health and nutrition programmes for improving education -- Economic benefits of increased school participation -- Economic benefits of long-term improvements in cognitive abilities -- Improved cognition leads to improved educational attainment -- The global impact of school health and nutrition programmes -- Comparative cost-effectiveness of school health and nutrition programmes -- From cost-effectiveness to programme design -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7 School health and nutrition programmes -- Policy and economic issues in designing interventions -- International efforts to support school health and nutrition programmes -- Programmatic approaches in practice -- Lessons learned from programmatic experience -- Key issues in designing an effective school health and nutrition programme -- School health and nutrition programmes: a policy priority -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.