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• Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response 16
• Joint UNHCR/WFP guidelines on selective feeding programmes 17
• Living well with HIV/AIDS: a manual on nutritional care and support for people living
with HIV/AIDS 18
• Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: report of a Technical
Consultation 19
• Programming in the era of AIDS: WFP’s response to HIV/AIDS 20
• Reproductive health in refugee situations: an inter-agency field manual 21
• The Global Strategy Framework on HIV/AIDS 22
• The United Nations Special Session Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS 5
2.3 Framework for implementing integrated programmes
As the acute emergency phase ends and relative stability is achieved, refugee settings present
opportunities for a broad range of interventions that address HIV/AIDS, food and nutrition
needs. This document examines three particular types of HIV/AIDS activities (Figure 2):
• Health care and treatment activities aim to improve the health and nutritional status
of people living with HIV/AIDS in three settings: at health facilities, in the community
(via health extension or traditional care providers), and within the family. These activities
may involve working directly with the chronically ill, or working in the community
to improve available health services.
• Support and care activities aim to provide various types of support to HIV/AIDSaffected
people, their families/households, and highly affected communities. Support
may include provision of food (e.g., through a general food distribution or supplementary
feeding programme), or interventions to improve food and livelihood security (e.g.,
farming and gardening, microcredit, training).
• HIV/AIDS prevention activities aim to promote community engagement and action
around HIV/AIDS. Prevention activities may be integrated into food and nutrition
programmes of all types. Alternatively, food resources may be used to establish and
sustain the activities of community HIV/AIDS prevention workers and promote public
participation in HIV/AIDS prevention activities.
In addition, the document focuses on three types of food and nutrition activities (Figure 2):
• Food distribution and nutrition activities aim to prevent excess mortality and
malnutrition through food and nutritional support. Activities include general food
16 The SPHERE Project. Humanitarian charter and minimum standards in disaster response. Geneva: The SPHERE
Project, 2004.
17 UNHCR/WFP. UNHCR/WFP guidelines for selective feeding in emergency situations. Geneva, Rome: United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, World Food Programme; 1999.
18 FAO, WHO. Living well with HIV/AIDS: a manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Rome: FAO, 2003.
19 WHO. Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: report of a Technical Consultation. Geneva: WHO,
2003.
20 WFP. Programming in the era of AIDS: WFP’s response to HIV/AIDS. Rome: WFP, 2002.
21 UNHCR. Reproductive health in refugee situations: an inter-agency field manual. Geneva: UNHCR, 1999.
22 UNAIDS. The global strategy framework on HIV/AIDS. Geneva: Joint United Nations Agency on HIV/AIDS, 2001.