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

Effect of AIDS on Crop ProductionCrop reduction in households after AIDS deaths,Kwaramba, Zimbabwe, 199770605040% reduction3020100Maize Cotton Vegetables GroundnutsSource: UNAIDS 200025 00020 00015 00010 0005 000Impact of HIV/AIDS on Income,Côte d’Ivoire30 000 Francs CFA0–5 000General populationHouseholds with PLWHAMonthly incomeper capitaMonthly consumptionper capitaSavings/dissavingsSource: UNAIDS, Alban and Guiness, ADF 2000: Simulation based on data fromBechu, Delcroix, and Guillame 1997Special Dynamic betweenHIV/AIDS and Food Security• HIV/AIDS is a long-term phenomenon• HIV primarily infects people in their mostproductive years• HIV/AIDS creates additional nutritional needs• Stigma is associated with HIV infection• HIV/AIDS occurs on a larger scale (national,regional, continental) than other shocks• There is a time lag between HIV infection andsymptoms• Food insecurity may increase risky behaviorsHIV/AIDS-Food InsecurityDynamicHIV/AIDSAccessFOODINSECURITYEffects of HIV/AIDS of FoodAvailability and Access• Reduces labor availability• Decreases income• Depletes savings• Leads to sale or loss of productive assets• Depletes food reserves• Interrupts knowledge transfers• Weakens safety nets and support systemsTypes of CapitalDiminished by HIV/AIDS• Human (labor, knowledge transfer,productivity, education)• Financial (income, assets, savings)• Social (support systems, networks,cooperation)• Physical and natural (sale of land, sale ofproductive equipment, property rights)