Julia Sievers

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Why nutrition Food security needs more
attention in the Response to HIV AIDS

• Julia Sievers
• Sector Project People Food and Biodiversity
• Julia.Sievers_at_gtz.de
• HIV/AIDS Focal Point Network Meeting 2008
• Lusaka, Zambia, 3 - 7 March 2008

20.11.2009
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Name des Referenten oder Abteilungsname
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Outline

• Nutrition for Treatment Care
• Nutrition for HIV prevention
• Success story
• Challenges
• Multisectoral Approach to NutritionFood Security
  and HIVAIDS
• Summary and Recommendation

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Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director

• I was in Malawi and met with a group of women
  living with HIV. As I always do when I meet
  people with HIV/AIDS and other community groups,
  I asked them what their highest priority was.
  Their answer was clear and unanimous food. Not
  care, not drugs for treatment, not relief from
  stigma, but food.

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Nutrition is essential for successful Treatment
and Care
1. Nutrition for Treatment Care

• A good nutritional status leads to
• Better Health Situation
• Higher productivity
• Delay of disease progression
• Successful ARV-Treatment

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It is also important for Prevention
2. Nutrition for HIV Prevention

• Food security and a good nutritional status leads
  to
• Reduced risk of HIV infection and transmission
• Biological lower viral load, more CD 4 cells,
  intact physical barriers to infection
• Social reduced need for risky survival
  behavior

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It is successful and sustainable
3. Success Story
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Challenges Much more needs to be done
4. Challenges

• Behavior change takes time
• Access to resources is crucial
• Multisectoral approach is needed

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Multisectoral Approach to Nutrition/Food Sec. and
HIVAIDS
5. Multisectoral Approach to HIV and Nutrition
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Summary and Recommendation
6. Summary and recommendation

• Summary Food and nutrition security should be
  integral parts of prevention and treatment of HIV
  and AIDS
• Recommendation Pay more attention to promotion
  of nutrition and food security within
  Mainstreaming HIV AIDS

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Discussion
7. Discussion
How can nutrition be integrated within
Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS?