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Living Well With HIV/AIDS: A Manual on Nutritional Care and Support for People Living With HIV/AIDS, was recently released to help individuals and program managers improve the health of people living with HIV through improved nutrition. The nutritional needs of people who have HIV are different than those for healthy individuals, and good nutrition for people who know they are HIV-positive can help slow the progression of HIV to AIDS and help them fight off opportunistic infections. This comprehensive guide to nutrition for people living with HIV is the product of a joint effort by two United Nations agencies, the World Health Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization.
Excerpt from Preface:
“The links between nutrition and infection are well known. Good nutrition is essential for achieving and preserving health while helping the body to protect itself from infections. Consumption of a well-balanced diet is essential to make up for the loss of energy and nutrients caused by infections. Good nutrition also helps to promote a sense of well-being and to strengthen the resolve of the sick to get better. The nutritional advice in this manual can help sick people, including those living with HIV/AIDS, to feel better.
Few crises have affected human health and threatened national, social and economic progress in quite the way that HIV/AIDS has. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on household food security and nutrition through its effects on the availability and stability of food, and access to food and its use for good nutrition. Agricultural production and employment are severely affected and health and social services put under great strain. Families lose their ability to work and to produce. With worsening poverty, families also lose their ability to acquire food and to meet other basic needs. Time and household resources are consumed in an effort to care for sick family members, partners may become infected, families may be discriminated against and become socially marginalized, children may be orphaned and the elderly left to cope as best they can.
“Meeting immediate food, nutrition and other basic needs is essential if HIV/AIDS-affected households are to live with dignity and security. Providing nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS is an important part of caring at all stages of the disease. This manual provides home care agents and local service providers with practical recommendations for a healthy and well-balanced diet for people living with HIV/AIDS. It deals with common complications that people living with HIV/AIDS experience at different stages of infection and helps provide local solutions that emphasize using local food resources and home-based care and support.”
2. The Benefits Of Good Nutrition For People And Families Living With HIV/AIDS
4. Special Eating Needs For People Living With HIV/AIDS
1. Recipes and food for a healthy diet
2. Form to monitor food intake over one week
3. Important vitamins and minerals for people living with HIV/AIDS
4. Form to monitor weight changes over time
5. Institutions and organizations providing support to people living with HIV/AIDS
6. Bibliography and sources
7. Glossary
Summary sheet 1- Healthy and balanced nutrition for growth, work and play
Summary sheet 2 - Maintaining weight
Summary sheet 3 - Food safety and hygiene
Summary sheet 4 - Diarrhoea
Summary sheet 5 - When you are not hungry ... the best way to regain your appetite is to eat
Summary sheet 6 - Nausea and vomiting
Summary sheet 7 - Sore mouth or throat or when eating is painful
Summary sheet 8 - Colds, coughs, sore throat and fever
Summary sheet 9 - Look after yourself
Summary sheet 10 - Caring for someone with HIV/AIDS