Katherine E. Halliday|Peris Karanja|Elizabeth L. Turner|George Okello|Kiambo Njagi|Margaret Dubeck|Elizabeth Allen|Matthew Jukes|Simon Brooker
<i>Plasmodium falciparum</i>, anaemia and cognitive and educational performance among school children in an area of moderate malaria transmission: baseline results of a cluster randomized trial on the coast of Kenya
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Kenya Medical Research Institute|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Kenya Medical Research Institute|Ministry of Health|College of Charleston|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine|Harvard University|Kenya Medical Research Institute|London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
abstract objectives studies typically investigated health educational consequences malaria among schoolaged children areas high malaria transmission investigated issues moderate transmission settings study investigates patterns risks plasmodium falciparum anaemia association cognitive education outcomes kenyan coast area moderate malaria transmission methods part cluster randomised trial baseline crosssectional survey assessed prevalence risk factors p falciparum infection anaemia associations health status measures cognition educational achievement results presented 2400 randomly selected children enrolled 51 intervention schools results overall prevalence p falciparum infection anaemia 130 455 respectively marked heterogeneity prevalence p falciparum infection school multivariable analysis male younger age sleeping mosquito net household crowding adjusted risk factors p falciparum infection whilst p falciparum infection male indicators poor nutritional intake risk factors anaemia association observed either p falciparum anaemia performance tests sustained attention cognition literacy numeracy conclusion results indicate moderate malaria transmission setting p falciparum strongly associated anaemia clear association health status education intervention studies underway investigate whether removing burden chronic asymptomatic p falciparum related anaemia improve education outcomes