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

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Factors in Design <strong>and</strong>ImplementationFactors to Consider in Care<strong>and</strong> Support of PeopleLiving with <strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>• Social: Support, stigma, gender roles,education, information, traditions, beliefs• Economic: Household resources, foodsecurity, financial access to health <strong>and</strong>nutrition• Client rights: Privacy, nondiscrimination inpublic services• Quality of support <strong>and</strong> care: Counseling,infrastructure, consistency, access to VCT <strong>and</strong>ARVs, information on ARVsCommon Antiretroviral Drugs<strong>Nutrition</strong>al <strong>and</strong>Antiretroviral TherapyReverse transcriptase inhibitors (RTIs)• Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or NRTIs:Zidovudine (AZT,ZDV), Lamivudine (3TC), Abacavir (ABC)• Non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or NNRTIs:Nevirapine (NVP), Efavirenz (EFV), Delavirdine (DLV)Protease inhibitors (PIs)• Saquinavir (SQV)• Ritonavir (RTV)• Indinavir (IDV)Often taken in combination to increase effectiveness<strong>and</strong> reduce resistancePromote Use of ARVsEducate on <strong>Nutrition</strong>-RelatedSide Effects of ARVs• Reduces viral load, associated opportunisticinfections, <strong>and</strong> immunity to other infections• Reduces <strong>HIV</strong>-related wasting <strong>and</strong> the negativeeffects on body composition• Reduces deficiencies of micronutrients suchas zinc <strong>and</strong> selenium (Rousseau et al 2000)• Lipodystrophy (fat maldistribution)• Hyperglycemia/insulin resistance• Hyperlipidemia

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