Because HIV/AIDS negatively impacts on the food security status of households, it is crucial
to identify how households respond to these impacts, in order to identify positive food …

There are compelling reasons to believe that orphans–many millions due to the AIDS
epidemic–are more likely to be sexually victimized during childhood. Few studies have …

Background In resource limited settings, many People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) lack
access to sufficient quantities of nutritious foods, which poses additional challenges to the …

The relationship between HIV and food security has been characterized by a tendency to
view both as primarily rural phenomena. The urban literature, in turn, has been dominated …

Background The role of household food security (HFS) in the occurrence of wasting and the
response to food-based intervention in people living with human immunodeficiency virus …

Food insecurity and malnutrition seriously impedes efforts to control HIV/AIDS in resource
poor countries. This study was carried out to assess food security, and coping strategies …

Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 70% of the global total of people living with HIV. One third of
the total live in Southern Africa where national HIV prevalence in 2007 exceeded 15% in …

Malawi, like any other country in Eastern and Southern Africa, is a party to numerous
protocols ushered in by the United Nations. As a country, it participated in the Women in …

HIV and AIDS impact mitigation remains a high priority for countries around the world,
especially for Southern African countries where HIV and AIDS prevalence rates are high. In …

Considerable attention has been devoted to the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic on
small farmers and the food security of the rural poor. Despite the rapid progression of the …