Department of Community Health, Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University Assessment of the Effect of Nutritional Status and Intestinal Parasitic Infection on Academic Performance of Elementary School Children in Teda Town, Gonder, EthioPia. By Belete Abebe, MD A thesis submitted to School of Graduate Studies of Addis Ababa University in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Public Health December 2000.