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The Role of Health in Education and Human Capital: Why an Integrated Approach to School Health Could Make a Difference in the Futures of Schoolchildren in Low-Income Countries
ABSTRACT
Healthy students learn better, yet most current investments in schoolchildren focus on education and learning while largely neglecting the health of the learner. Some school-based interventions, such as school feeding and deworming, are already successfully targeted at this age-group, but the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of such programs could be greatly enhanced by better integrated delivery alongside other priority health interventions. A symposium at the society’s 68th annual meeting launched a process to explore how integrated delivery of school-based interventions can address prevalent health conditions in school-age children.
Author Notes
Financial support: L. M. C is supported by NIH Career Development Award K23AI135076. The ASTMH Scientific Program Committee graciously supported IM’s travel to and attendance at the annual meeting.
Authors’ addresses: Lauren M. Cohee, Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, E-mail: lcohee@som.umaryland.edu. Katherine E. Halliday and Donald A. P. Bundy, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, E-mails: katherine.halliday@lshtm.ac.uk and donald.bundy@lshtm.ac.uk. Aulo Gelli, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, E-mail: a.gelli@cgiar.org. Irene Mwenyango, Uganda Ministry of Health, E-mail: mwenyangoi@yahoo.com. Fernando Lavadenz, World Bank, Washington, DC, E-mail: flavadenz@worldbank.org. Carmen Burbano, United Nations World Food Program, Rome, Italy, E-mail: carmen.burbano@wfp.org. Lesley Drake, Partnership for Childhood Development and Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, E-mail: schoolhealth@imperial.ac.uk.