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 Nutrition in ART programmes would be of interest to IMTF website visitors as it presents among other topics “Interventions for […]
An African-based working group now exists to examine the impact of the HIV virus on severely malnourished children. In Southern and Eastern Africa the Blantyre Working Group on the management of severely malnourished HIV-infected children was established in January 2007. This links experts in Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Tanzania and South Africa. The group advocate […]
Guidance on inpatient antibiotic treatment for severely malnourished children in areas of high HIV prevalence has been changed. It is recommended that places with high HIV prevalence adapt hospital-based practices accordingly. WHO, UNICEF and the IMTF held a technical review committee meeting in Geneva 28th-29th June 2007. The purpose of the meeting was to consider […]