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GAIN Working Paper Series No. 2 Food by Prescription: A Landscape Paper

Greenaway, Kate. Food by Prescription: A Landscape Paper. Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). Geneva, Switzerland, 2009

Although HIV testing is increasingly available and efforts to support the nutritional needs of people living with HIV have intensified appreciably, antiretroviral therapy (ART) service providers continue to report large numbers of clients presenting with advanced disease and acute malnutrition. In some ART programs, as many as 33 percent of all first-visit clients are unable to walk into the clinic without assistance, correlating with high rates of mortality in the first 90 days of treatment. In response, there has been a rapid proliferation of Food by Prescription (FBP) programs, designed to ensure efficient and effective nutrition care and rehabilitation for people enrolled in HIV care and treatment programs.

HIV and AIDS Treatment in Practice (HATiP): Nutrition in ART programmes

The current issue (issue 141) of HIV and AIDS Treatment in Practice (HATiP) publication discusses

Nutrition in ART programmes
A palliative care perspective on nutritional support
Food and nutrition at the 2009 HIV Implementers' Meeting

Probiotics and prebiotics for severe acute malnutrition (PRONUT study): a double-blind efficacy randomised controlled trial in Malawi

Kerac M, Bunn J, Seal A, Thindwa M, Tomkins A, Sadler K, Bahwere P, Collins S.

In Malawi, Synbiotic2000 Forte did not improve severe acute malnutrition outcomes.

Nutritional recovery in HIV infected and uninfected children with severe acute malnutrition

Pamela Fregusson, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod,Theresa Banda, Catherine Mkangma, Anrew Tomkins

Nutritional recovery has been found to be similar between HIV infected and uninfected children who survived SAM.

Management of acute moderate and severe childhood malnutrition

Mark J Manary, Heidi L. Sandige

A review of how best to manage cases of acute childhood malnutrition in light of recent changes in standard recommendations have been published.

The impact of HIV on mortality during in-patient rehabilitation of severely malnourished children in Malawi

Jobiba Chinkhumba, Andrew Tomkins, Theresa Banda, Catherine Mkangama, Pamela Fergusson

This study showed that routine testing and treatment for HIV among all malnourished children is necessary to improve quality of care and reduce mortality among children with SAM.

Infant and Young Child Feeding

Emergency Nutrition Network has released a new Field Exchange issue with a special focus on Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies

Uptake of HIV testing and outcomes within a Community-based Therapeutic Care (CTC) programme to treat SAM

Bahwere P, Piwoz E, Joshua MC, Sadler K, Grobler-Tanner CH, Guerrero S, Collins S.

In Malawi and other high HIV prevalence countries, studies suggest that more than 30% of all severely malnourished children admitted to inpatient nutrition rehabilitation units are HIV-infected

Reduction of unnecessary transfusion and intravenous fluids in severely malnourished children is not enough to reduce mortality

Bachou H, Tumwine JK, Mwadime RK, Ahmed T, Tylleskar T.

Management according to the WHO protocol for severe malnutrition can reduce the need for blood and IV infusions

Nutrition and HIV/AIDS: A Training Manual for Nurses and Midwives

Nutrition interventions are an important component of comprehensive care and support for people living with HIV (PLHIV)

HIV prevalence in severely malnourished children admitted to nutrition rehabilitation units in Malawi

Susan Thurstans , Marko Kerac , Kenneth Maleta , Theresa Banda and Anne Nesbitt

Severe malnutrition in childhood associated with HIV infection presents a serious humanitarian and public health challenge in Southern Africa.

Priority Interventions: HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in the health sector

The August 2008 report on priority interventions focused on prevention, treatment and care of HIV/AIDS in the health sector.

Impact of HIV on recovery of severely malnourished children

Fergusson, P., Chinkhumba, J., Tomkins, A.

The aim of the study was to determine the impact of HIV on nutritional recovery in severely malnourished children in Malawi. The study found that HIV-infected severely malnourished children gain and maintain weight as well as HIV-infected children.

New UNAIDS policy on HIV, food security and nutrition

UNAIDS, in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the World Organisation (WHO), has developed a policy brief on HIV, food security and nutrition.

Working group set up to investigate severe malnutrition in HIV

An African-based working group now exists to examine the impact of the HIV virus on severely malnourished children.