Recommended reading
- Nutrition management in comprehensive care centres in Kenya: a trainer's manual
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2007)
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In support of the implementation of the “Kenyan national guidelines on nutrition and HIV/AIDS”, this training manual is designed for healthcare service providers working...
- Living and eating well
- ( Children in Distress Network , 2004)
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A healthy diet helps children affected by HIV and AIDS. This illustrated and accessible manual addresses several nutritional concerns that may affect children infected with AIDS. These include...
- Making the links: addressing HIV/AIDS and gender equality in food security and rural livelihoods programming
- ( C Hill / Canadian International Development Agency , 2005)
- This toolkit from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) provides guidelines for integrating HIV and gender equality into the development and implementation of agricultural and food secu...
- Effect of the HIV epidemic on infant feeding in South Africa: "When they see me coming with the tins they laugh at me"
- ( T. Doherty; M. Chopra; L. Nkonki / Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health , 2006)
- This article, published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organisation, explores how the HIV epidemic has affected the infant feeding experiences of HIV-positive mothers in South Africa. The paper f...
- Integrating nutrition security with treatment of people living with HIV: lessons being learned in Kenya
- ( E. Byron; S. Gillespie; M. Nangami / Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This report from RENEWAL highlights the key constraints, opportunities and challenges in strengthening the nutrition security of people living with HIV on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment in Kenya. It e...
- From access to adherence: the challenges of antiretroviral treatment
- ( A. Hardon; S. Davey; T. Gerrits; C. Hodgkin / World Health Organization , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This report demonstrates that access to antiretrovirals (ARVs) is only one part of the treatment equation. The study presents studies from Botswana, Tanzania and Uganda. It argues that without targete...
- AIDS, poverty, and hunger: challenges and responses
- ( S. Gillespie / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2006)
- Recommended reading
- This book is based on the International Conference on HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security: From Evidence to Action that took place in Durban, South Africa in April 2005. The book provides a foru...
- Women’s nutrition throughout the life cycle and in the context of HIV and AIDS: training of trainers module
- ( N. Ntombela; M. Stone-Jimenez; J. Ross; L. Martin / LINKAGES Project , 2005)
- Recommended reading
- Produced by the Linkages Project, this training module is intended to provide instructors with the basic theory to train health workers on women’s nutrition, with a focus on the complete life cycle. I...
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: a training manual
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This training manual, produced by the FANTA (Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance) project, is designed to enable African institutions of higher learning to integrate nutrition and HIV and AIDS int...
- Randomised trial of effects of vitamin supplements on pregnancy outcomes and T cell counts in HIV-1 infected women in Tanzania
- ( W. W. Fawzi; G. I. Msamanga; C. Spiegelman; E. J. N. Urassa / The Lancet , 1998)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in The Lancet, reports on a study that assessed the effects of vitamin A and multivitamins on disease progression and birth outcomes in HIV-1 infected women. Among the 1075 wom...
- Increased resting energy expenditure with introduction of HARRT
- ( A. H. Shevitz; T. A. Knox; D. Spiegelman; R.| Roubenoff / AIDS [journal] , 1999)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in the journal "AIDS", reports on a study that assessed the relationships between resting energy expenditure (or resting metabolic rate), viral load, and highly active antiretr...
- The effect of protease inhibitors on weight and body composition in HIV-infected patients
- ( M. Silva; P. R. Skolnik; S. L. Gorbach; D.| Spiegelman / AIDS [journal] , 1998)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in the AIDS journal, reports on a study that assessed the effects of protease inhibitor (PI) therapy (a type of antiretroviral drug) on the nutritional status and weight of HIV...
- Equity issues in HIV/AIDS nutrition and food security in southern Africa
- ( M. Chopra / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, produced by Equinet, explores the interactions between HIV, nutrition and food security, and discusses programmatic approaches to address these interactions in terms of impact on equity. ...
- Mitigation of HIV/AIDS- impacts through agricultural and rural development - success stories and future actions
- ( Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This report, produced by the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN), summarises the findings of a May 2003 workshop on mitigating the impacts of HIV and AIDS through agriculture and rural d...
- Weight loss and wasting remain common complications in individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy
- ( C. A. Wanke; M. Silva; T. A. Knox; J. Forrester / Clinical Infectious Diseases , 2000)
- Recommended reading
- This article, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, reports on a study that explored the effect of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) on the occurrence of weight loss and wa...
- Nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS: report of a technical consultation, Geneva, 13-15 May 2003
- ( World Health Organization , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This report from the World Health Organization summarises recommendations from a technical consultation on the nutritional requirements of people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). The report sets out...
- Nutrition counselling, care and support for HIV-infected women: guidelines on HIV-related care, treatment and support for HIV-infected women and their children in resource –constrained settings.
- ( World Health Organization , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This World Health Organization document reviews current evidence on the relationship between nutrition and HIV and AIDS, as well as on the role of nutrition in HIV transmission, disease progression, m...
- A randomized trial of multivitamin supplements and HIV disease progression and mortality
- ( W. W. Fawzi; G. I. Msamanga; D. Spiegelman; R.| Ruilan Wei / New England Journal of Medicine , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This article, from the New England Journal of Medicine, reports findings from a study that explored how micronutrient status affects progression of HIV. The study examined over 1000 pregnant women wi...
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Working Group of the SCN: a report of the meeting held at UNICEF, New York March 24, 2004
- ( A. Tomkins / United Nations [UN] Standing Committee on Nutrition , 2004)
- The report reviews a meeting by the United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), Nutrition and HIV/AIDS working group held at UNICEF in March 2004. The first section of the document identifi...
- Community Therapeutic Care (CTC): a new approach to managing acute malnutrition in emergencies and beyond
- ( C. Grobler-Tanner; S. Collins / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This technical note from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project answers key questions on Community Therapeutic Care (CTC). CTC is a new approach to managing acute malnutrition in emergen...
- Recommendation for the nutrient requirements for people living with HIV/AIDS
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This document, from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project, provides updated recommendations on nutrient requirements for people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHA). Current evidenc...
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: evidence, gaps, and priority actions
- ( E. Piwoz / US Agency for International Development , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This USAID document outlines evidence, gaps and priority actions related to nutrition, and HIV and AIDS. The document outlines how HIV infection increases energy requirements, and how vitamin and min...
- Rapid appraisal of primary level health care services for HIV-positive children at public sector clinics in South Africa
- ( S. Giese; G. Hussey / Children's Institute, University of Cape Town , 2002)
- South Africa has a large and growing number of HIV-infected children. While no policy exists to provide anti-retroviral therapy to these children, several other effective health and social interventio...
- Targeted food assistance in the context of HIV/AIDS
- ( Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency , 2004)
- This paper from the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE) reviews C-SAFE targeted food assistance programmes. The paper aims to understand the opportunities, constraints and ...
- Food for assets - adapting programming to an HIV/AIDS context
- ( Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This report from the Consortium for Southern Africa Food Security Emergency (C-SAFE) reviews a variety of Food for Assets (FFA) projects with the aim of identifying better practices in FFA programming...
- Nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda: guidelines for service providers
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2004)
- This document is a set of guidelines which outlines the nutritional needs of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA), and includes the steps that service providers can take to help PLWHA manage symptoms a...
- Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS: looking beyond awareness
- ( M. Wilkins; D Vasani / Voluntary Service Overseas , 2002)
- This VSO Experience in Focus publication shares lessons from the early stages of experience of mainstreaming HIV/AIDS as part of VSO’s Regional AIDS Initiative of Southern Africa (RAISA). Mainstreamin...
- The agriculture, nutrition, and HIV/AIDS connections in developing countries
- ( Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This essay, invited by USAID, explores the connections between rural poverty, undernutrition, and HIV and AIDS in developing nations and aims to suggest specific cross-sector investment strategies tha...
- Antenatal care in developing countries: promises, achievements and missed opportunities
- ( C.L. Abou-Zahr; T. M. Wardlaw / World Health Organization , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This report, produced by the World Health Organization (WHO), analyses patterns and trends in antenatal care use, using data drawn from household surveys carried out in developing countries from 1990 ...
- The environment, natural resources and HIV/AIDS
- ( M. Hammarskjöld / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2003)
- This short report looks at impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture and the environment, with a focus on rural areas in Africa. It looks at the effects of the epidemic on local use of the environment and na...
- Transcending boundaries to improve the food security of AIDS affected households in rural Uganda
- ( International Center for Research on Women, USA , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the International Center for Research on Women provides information on the implementation of a collaborative project to improve household food security in rural Ugandan communities aff...
- AIDS epidemic update: December 2003
- ( Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2003)
- Recommended reading
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This annual publication presents information and statistics about the evolution of the HIV/AIDS pandemic by region.
Findings include:the global HIV/AIDS epidemic killed more than 3 million p...
- Overview of the impact and best practice responses in favour of children in a world affected by HIV/AIDS
- ( G. A. Cornia / UNESDOC: Online UNESCO documents , 2002)
- This first chapter from the overall study ‘AIDS, public policy and child well-being’ offers an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and desirable policy responses. It reviews the community a...
- Rethinking food aid to fight AIDS
- ( S. Kadiyala; S. Gillespie / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) highlights the implications of the AIDS pandemic for food aid strategy and programming. It presents a detailed review of the re...
- Feeding indecision: choosing to breastfeed in the era of HIV
- ( Aika Omari;Chewe Luo;Chipepo Kankasa;Ganapati Bhat;James Bunn / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2002)
- Women in low and middle income countries who know they have HIV face a difficult choice. Should they breastfeed and risk passing on the virus to their child? Or not breastfeed and accept the cost and ...
- Reproductive morbidity: a neglected issue? Report of a clinic-based study in Far-Western Nepal
- ( T.R. Bonetti; A. Erpelding; L.R. Pathak / African Networks for Health Research and Development , 2002)
- This paper describes the results of a study of reproductive morbidity in Nepal. The study obtained information and proxy indicators on the prevalence of reproductive morbidity of women in Doti and Ach...
- HIV/AIDS mainstreaming in conservation: the case of Wildlife and Environmental society of Malawi
- ( D. Mauambeta / Eldis Document Store , 2003)
- This paper describes the experiences of the Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi (WESM) in addressing the impacts that HIV/AIDS is having on the environment. The paper describes those impacts ...
- Food and nutrition implications of antiretroviral therapy in resource limited settings
- ( Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- This technical note from the Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project provides information and guidance about the food and nutrition implications of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in reso...
- Agrobiodiversity strategies to combat food insecurity and HIV/AIDS impact in rural Africa
- ( J.A. Garí / Development Gateway , 2003)
- On the basis of participatory field research conducted in different rural areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, this paper demonstrates that agrobiodiversity and the associated indigenous knowledge are relevan...
- A review of current literature of the impact of HIV/AIDS on children in sub-Saharan Africa
- ( G. Foster; J. Williamson / US Agency for International Development , 2001)
- This paper reviews epidemiological characteristics of children affected by HIV/AIDS, coping mechanisms and current knowledge of the impact of HIV on children. Areas where important gaps in knowledge e...
- USAID report to Congress: care, treatment and support of persons living with AIDS
- ( US Agency for International Development , 2002)
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This paper states the areas of commitment, and reports on the work of USAID in treating and caring for patients with HIV/AIDS.
The paper offers examples of USAID work in the following areas:...
- Assessment and improvement of care for AIDS-affected children under age 5
- ( D. Lusk; S. Huffman; C. O’Gara / ProNUTRITION , 2000)
- Very little is known specifically about the 0-4 AIDS affected age group, since most orphan assessments treat the 0-15 (or 0-18) year age span only as a whole. Because of their nutritional, health and...
- HIV/AIDS, food security and rural livelihoods: understanding and responding
- ( M. Loevinsohn; S. Gillespie / Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security , 2003)
- Recommended reading
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This working paper is published by the Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security (RENEWAL). It describes key concepts which it argues need to be understood by agricultu...
- Addressing the impact of HIV/AIDS on Ministries of Agriculture: focus on eastern and southern Africa
- ( D. Topouzis / FAO HIV/AIDS and Agriculture , 2003)
- This paper examines the relevance of HIV/AIDS for Ministries of Agriculture (MoAs) and their work in sub-Saharan Africa, and particularly in Eastern and Southern Africa. The focus of analysis is small...
- Towards identifying impacts of HIV/AIDS on food insecurity in Southern Africa and implications for response: findings from Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe
- ( SADC Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper, published by the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Development Unit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) examines the contribution of HIV and AIDS to the problems fac...
- What works: a policy and program guide to the evidence on family planning, safe motherhood, and STI/HIV/AIDS interventions: module 1: safe motherhood
- ( J. Gay; K. Hardee; N. Judice; K. Agarwal; K. Fleming; A. Hairston; B. Walker; M. Wood / Policy Project, Futures Group, Washington , 2003)
- This module reviews the research that supports interventions in safe motherhood. It presents a selection of effective interventions, some policy and programme issues (such as access to care and qual...
- Multisectoral responses to HIV/AIDS: a compendium of promising practices from Africa
- ( Support for Analysis and Research in Africa, USAID , 2003)
- This report brings together the ‘promising practices’ from a conference that examines the enormous challenges of HIV/AIDS confronting Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) and nongovernmental organis...
- HIV/AIDS: a guide for nutrition, care and support
- ( ProNUTRITION , 2001)
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This paper provides information for HIV/AIDS-affected households and communities on how to live a healthy life from the time of infection with HIV through the progression of the disease.
The informa...
- Handbook: developing and applying national guidelines on nutrition and HIV/AIDS
- ( R. Mwadime; M. Bijlsma; T. Castleman; D. Lwanga / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project , 2003)
- Although other guides have been produced detailing general, ethical guidelines on nutrition for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). The content of these guides is appropriate for the majority of cou...
- South African health review 2002
- ( P. Ijumba; A. Ntuli; P. Barron / Health Systems Trust, South Africa , 2003)
- The purpose of the SAHR is to provide an annual and longer – term review of the development and implementation of South African health policies. It acts as a barometer for assessing the transformation...
- HIV/AIDS and food security in Africa
- ( A. de Waal; J. Tumushabe / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2003)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) summarises existing evidence and experience concerning HIV and AIDS and food security in Africa. It deals with two major issues: 1...
- HIV/AIDS, agriculture and food security in Malawi: background to action
- ( N. Ngwira; S. Bota; M. Loevinsohn / Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security , 2001)
- Recommended reading
- The Malawi National HIV/AIDS Strategic Framework 2000-2004 calls for “an expanded, multi-sectoral national response to the epidemic.” However, this paper states that the capacity to respond to these c...
- Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know
- ( L. Haddad; S. Gillespie / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2002)
- Recommended reading
- This paper from the International Food Policy Research Institute reviews the ways in which HIV and AIDS impact on assets and institutions generally, as well as agriculture, natural resource management...
- Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
- ( Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS , 2001)
- This is a policy paper based on a symposium held in 2001. It transcribes the speeches made and the discussions that followed them. Speakers talked aboutnutritional impacts of HIV/AIDSnutri...
- Literature review and recommendations for nutritional care and support in Sub-Saharan Africa
- ( E. Piwoz; E. Preble / Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID , 2000)
- This document from the USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse looks at the relationships between HIV/AIDS and nutrition. It states that HIV infection exacerbates malnutrition through attacks on th...
- Living well with HIV/AIDS: a manual on nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS
- ( Food and Nutrition Division, FAO , 2002)
- The links between HIV and food security are known, the epidemic has reduced food production and access to food, while nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS is an important part ...
- Building blocks: Africa-wide briefing notes
- ( International HIV/AIDS Alliance , 2003)
- These briefing notes for working with children are organised into an overview and five sections:EducationHealth and nutritionPsychosocial supportSocial inclusionEconomic streng...
- Measuring impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihoods and food security
- ( S. Stokes / Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions , 2003)
- The main purpose of this paper is to examine general patterns of the impacts of HIV/AIDS on rural livelihood assets and to propose a set of indicators to measure these impacts. A related objective is ...
- Gender-based violence and reproductive health & HIV/AIDS
- ( M. Burger; A. Bhuyan / Population Reference Bureau , 2002)
- This paper provides a summary of a day long technical update on gender-based violence (GBV) and reproductive health (RH) /HIV (HIV). The objective of the meeting was to: 1) launch a process for consid...
- AIDS, public policy and child well-being
- ( G. Cornia / UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre , 2001)
- This paper presents the findings of a global study carried out in 2000 on the specific impact of HIV/AIDS on children. The study is based on nine country case studies - six in Africa and three in Asia... Element OPUB is undefined in LOCAL.
