WHO Technical Report on Nutrients and HIV/AIDS
The World Health Organisation's (WHO) report of a technical consultation on the nutrient requirements for people living with HIV//AIDS, carried out in March 2003, is now available.
HIV/AIDS interventions, current recommendations, the scientific evidence base, and outstanding research needs were considered by this meeting of WHO Technical Advisory Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS-1, and 20 experts from a variety of disciplines and agencies. Nutritional recommendations are made in general for people living with HIV/AIDS, and specifically for the following target groups:
- Pregnant and lactating HIV-infected women
- Adolescents and other adults living with HIV
- HIV-infected infants and children
- HIV-exposed infants and children born to HIV-positive mothers.
The report can be found at WHO's website, http://www.who.int/nut/documents/hivaids_nut_require.pdf
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WHO Technical Report on Nutrients and HIV/AIDS. Field Exchange 21, March 2004. p13. www.ennonline.net/fex/21/who
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