Anaemia 5th mdPkpah

How many of you have little brothers or sisters who are still babies How many of you have little brothers or sisters who are still babies? When this baby grows up…

Do you want her to be clever or stupid!?

In this class we are going to see how you can make a difference to whether babies and children like you grow up to be the cleverest you can be

This is a fire. To burn well it needs what This is a fire. To burn well it needs what? Let them answer (more wood etc)

Fire also needs air. That’s why when you cover a candle it stops burning

This fire is about to go out! What will happen if you blow air on to it?

Like fire needs air our body also needs air to play work and think

When we breath air goes in to where? Revise pneumonia lessons

But how does this air go to the rest of our body from the lungs? Lets revise what we learned about white cells. White cells do what? But white cells have a friend in blood- Red cells

White cells and their friends- Red cells

Here you see a blood vessel bleeding. All you see coming out is blood Here you see a blood vessel bleeding. All you see coming out is blood. But of you look in a microscope you will see the white and red cells. Who can guess which is a white cell and which is a red cell

What do red cells do. What is this red cell doing What do red cells do? What is this red cell doing? It is carrying something. Its carrying air from our lungs to the rest of the body travelling in blood!

Red cells give energy to the body by carrying the air we breath everywhere!

Do you want to have strong red cells or weak red cells

To have strong red cells you need a lot of iron in your food! Food like these contain iron

But you can make sure you get extra iron through taking iron tablets or iron syrup for babies

All babies need iron liquid every day All children like you need to take 1 iron tablet every 3 days Where can you get these tablets and iron liquid?

For 7th standard: But there is another cause for anemia For 7th standard: But there is another cause for anemia! The teacher needs to discuss where hookworms come from

How do you treat and prevent hookworms Stop people shitting where others need to walk – like roadsides Take one albendazole (worm tablet) tablet every 6 months