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Practical Nutrition Management Skills for Health Workers in HIV and AIDS Care

This course aims to equip health workers with practical skills necessary for effectively counseling patients, clients, and caregivers on healthy nutrition practices related to HIV and AIDS care. The curriculum covers essential topics such as nutrition basics, the interplay between nutrition and HIV, management of nutrition-related complications, safe infant feeding, nutrition during pregnancy and lactation, and strategies to combat food insecurity in communities. Through this training, health workers will integrate nutrition assessment and counseling into their routine patient care services.

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Practical Nutrition Management Skills for Health Workers in HIV and AIDS Care

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  1. Introduction Session Nutrition Management with HIV and AIDS: Practical Tools for Health Workers

  2. Course Aim • To provide practical skills for health workers to appropriately counsel patients/clients and caregivers on healthy nutrition practices. • To integrate nutrition counselling and assessment into general HIV and AIDS care.

  3. Overview • Session 1: • Nutrition Basics (nutrients and food groups) • Nutrition and HIV Link • Session 2: • Nutrition Complications with HIV • Managing Complications

  4. Overview • Session 3: • Nutrition and HIV Medications • Session 4: • Infant Feeding and HIV • Nutrition During Pregnancy and Lactation • Session 5: • Food and Water Safety

  5. Overview • Session 6: • Impact of HIV on food production, food insecurity and quality of life • Strategies to reduce food insecurity in the community • Session 7: • Integration of Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and Education into HIV and AIDS Care

  6. Trend in HIV Prevalence among pregnant women in Namibia, 1992 - 2004 Source: Namibia MoHSS. 2004

  7. HIV Prevalence in Pregnant Women by Site 2002 Source: Namibia MoHSS. 2004

  8. HIV Prevalence by Age Group Source: Namibia MoHSS. 2004

  9. Impact on Women and Children • Women • Adolescent girls • Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC)

  10. Malnutrition Among Namibian Children, NDHS 2000 Among children under 5 years old: • 23.6% are moderately stunted • 9.1% are moderately wasted • 24% are moderately underweight Source: MoHSS, 2003. Namibia Demographic and Health Survey 2000

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