Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual - Linkages Project

Recommended preparation• Be familiar with Lecture Notes 6: Nutritional Care and Support of Pregnant orLactating Women and Adolescent Girls Infected with HIV/AIDS.• Allocate time for each activity considering students’ background and thecoverage of the content elsewhere.• Look through Discussion Points 6 to identify relevant questions to help studentsmaster the concepts. Consider facilitating a group discussion if time permits.• Prepare to divide class into pairs for Exercise 6, which includes a field visit androle-plays on counseling pregnant and lactating women in areas of high HIVprevalence.• For the purpose of this manual, names for the role-plays were selectedarbitrarily. Modify the names and any other aspects (e.g., foods described) inthe following case-studies as appropriate for country and community contexts.Materials providedPowerPoint Presentations• PowerPoint 6/overhead presentation: Nutritional Care and Support of Pregnantor Lactating Women and Adolescent Girls Infected with HIV/AIDSHandouts• Handout 6.1: Essential Nutrition Health Sector Actions to Improve MaternalNutrition in Africa• Handout 6.2: A Guide for Nutritional Assessment for People Living withHIV/AIDS• Handout 6.3: Checklist for Nutritional Assessment of Women Infected with HIV• Handout 6.4: Practical Considerations for Counseling121