HIV/AIDS and nutrition: a review of the literature and recomendations of nutritional care and support in Sub-Saharan Africa
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TextPublication details: Washington Support for Analysis and Research in Africa 2000Description: x, 54pSubject(s): LOC classification: - WC 503 .P59 2000
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Explains how malnutrition increases the risk transmission from mothers to babies and the progression of HV infection. Discusses how infection exacerbates malnutrition through attacks on the immune system and its impact on nutrient intake, absorption and utilization. It informs about the role of nutrition in HIV infection in an African setting describing overlapping processes that lead to weight loss and wasting inpoeple leaving with AIDS.
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