Integration of HIV/AIDS activities with food and nutrition support in ...

Care and Support for HIV/AIDS-Affected People
and Families
To ensure adequate nutritional intake of PLWHA and
HIV/AIDS-affected families to prevent widespread
malnutrition and associated mortality.
• HIV/AIDS-affected families are suspected to be at
greater risk of food insecurity and malnutrition, and
have higher food needs; and
• Estimated HIV prevalence rates are high enough to
warrant significant changes in the general
or supplementary food ration; or
• Impacts of HIV/AIDS on community justify school
feeding or food distribution to orphans and foster
families; or
• Externally-supported nutritional safety nets are
needed for PLWHA and affected families until
local sustainable solutions are found
Strategies 5-8, 11-12 Strategies 13-16
To build the capacity of community volunteers and
PLWHA groups to engage in effective community-level
support programmes for PLWHA and affected families
through the use of food and/or related resources.
• Minimum food needs are already met; and
• Estimated HIV prevalence rates are high enough
to warrant building capacity of local community
to care for PLWHA; and
• A lack of accurate knowledge or stigma among
caretakers and community members about caring
for PLWHA may contribute to increased malnutrition
and/or morbidity; and
• Community-supported PLWHA groups or volunteers
exist but need external support and training/capacity
building until local sustainable solutions are found;
and
• Food is an appropriate resource to use for
this external support
Strategies 19-20 Strategy 17
Health Care and Treatment for Affected People
and Families
To ensure that PLWHA and their caretakers receiving
health services fully benefit from treatment through
the provision of nutritional support and education
on nutrition.
• Estimated HIV prevalence rates are high enough
to suspect that a significant percentage of people
admitted to health facilities have the disease, and
thus have higher nutrient requirements; and
• Their access to a diet of adequate quantity and
quality is known to be constrained (e.g., because
the family is unable to provide them with enough
food); and
• A lack of accurate knowledge among caretakers
about nutrition during illness may contribute to
malnutrition and/or morbidity
To build the capacity of formal health care providers
(e.g., clinic-based and health extension staff) and
traditional providers (e.g., traditional healers, traditional
birth attendants) to prevent HIV transmission and
provide appropriate care for PLWHA through the use
of food and/or related resources.
• Minimum food needs are already met; and
• Inadequate knowledge among care providers is
related to increased risk of transmission and/or
worsened outcomes among PLWHA; and
• Formal and traditional health care providers actively
request training on HIV prevention, recognition/
diagnosis, treatment and referral; and
• Community-supported PLWHA groups or volunteers
exist but need external support and training/capacity
building until local sustainable solutions are found;
and
• Food is an appropriate resource to use for this
external support
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