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

Impact on the Education Sector• Declining school enrolment• Reduced capacity to deliver basicsocial mandate because of illness ordeath of teachers• Lack of intergenerational learningComprehensive Package ofHIV/AIDS ProgramsLeadership• Promote understanding and cooperation• Avoid denial and stigma• Secure commitment and accountability of different sectorsMitigating social and economic impact• Care for growing number of vulnerable orphans and children• Give access to basic needs, rights, and general well-beingReducing vulnerability• Target women, girls, PLWHA, people in war and conflict• Facilitate economic empowerment and life skillsComprehensive Package ofHIV/AIDS Programs, Cont.Prevention• Health and sex education• Expansion of PMTCT• Expansion of demand and harm reduction for drugusers• Increased access to VCTCare and support• Synergy with prevention interventions• Health services and psychosocial support• PMTCT• VCT• Counseling and care for orphans and children withHIV/AIDSChallenges• Political commitment• Funding• Stigmatization affecting impact ofprevention and care interventions• Culturally engrained gender inequities• Increasing scale and quality ofinterventions• Vaccine