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

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Action/activityNorman admitted to nutritionrehabilitationNorman discharged after 51 daysNorman weighing 4.8kg at dischargeNorman receiving monthly follow up from<strong>Nutrition</strong> Rehabilitation UnitHelen getting sick <strong>and</strong> being cared for athomeNorman suffering from diarrheaHelen dyingCaretaker (aunt) given education onhygiene <strong>and</strong> diet planningNorman registered in an antiretroviralprogram at 33 monthsMonthly follow up from NRU stoppedFollow up by NRU 24 months finding thatNorman died 8 months earlierInformationOBSERVED: Severe wasting (W/A=44%);absence of pedal edema; moderatedehydration; marked irritability; clinicalsigns of anemia; indrawn chest <strong>and</strong>bilateral crepitations)Management• Rehydration• Temperature control• High-energy milk (HEM) (150kcal/kgbody weight per day) fed every 2 hours• Vitamin A (400,000 IU given onadmission <strong>and</strong> on day 2)• Multivitamins given (1 tablet daily)• Folic acid given (5mg/day)• Antihelminthics given• Antimalarials given• Antibiotics given• Antituberculosis given empiricallyHelen taught essential nutritionbehaviors:• Family planning (registered)• Diet planning <strong>and</strong> foodpreparation• Child feeding practices (withactive feeding)• Food <strong>and</strong> personal hygiene239

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