ARV treatment fact sheet 08: Food for people on ARV treatment

ARV fact sheet 8: Food and ART (English) 118.0Kb
Now that ARV treatment is more widely accessible, it is accepted that people with HIV, their families and communities have an important role to play alongside health workers in ensuring effective and sustained treatment. They should be engaged not only in preparing for ARV treatment but also in supporting the life-time commitment that this involves.

The Alliance has developed a set of fact sheets to support community engagement for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment. The fact sheets provide NGO and CBO staff and volunteers with brief information in non-technical language, to help them to support PLHA and their communities on ARV treatment. They are based on experience with treatment support programmes in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

This fact sheet explains how food and ARV treatment can affect each other, including side effects of ARV drugs that affect eating, the interactions between ARVs and food, and how to cope with them.
Intended audience NGO support programmes
Training organisations
Individual trainers
INGOs
NGOs
CBOs
Author International HIV/AIDS Alliance (Secretariat)
Language English
Date published 02/04/2007
Size 1 page
Themes Subject - Care and Treatment
Type Fact sheet

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