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ZambiaSee Also: HIV; Infant and Child Nutrition; Women's and Adolescents' Nutrition The U.S. government has made HIV prevention, and treatment and care and support of PLHIV a priority in Zambia. USAID/Zambia's Strategic Objective 9 is Reduced HIV/AIDS Impact through Multisectoral Response, and Zambia is one of 15 focus countries under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). FANTA has been working with USAID/Zambia, USAID/East Africa and the Zambia National Food and Nutrition Commission (NFNC) to strengthen HIV-related nutritional care and support services, improve the quality of life of individuals receiving services and build community capacity to manage the negative impacts of HIV. FANTA has helped improve knowledge and practice on nutritional care and support for PLHIV in Zambia through technical support to the development of national guidelines and counseling materials. National Guidelines for Nutritional Care for PLHIV: FANTA worked with USAID/Zambia, the Ministry of Health, the NFNC, and local partners to develop and adapt national Guidelines for Nutritional Care and Support of PLHIV to define the actions that service providers must take to provide quality nutritional care and support, to supplement national policies on prevention and treatment and to strengthen and standardize care and support for PLHIV across organizations, programs and services. Nutrition Counseling Materials for PLHIV: Building on the success of counseling materials developed in Uganda and Rwanda, FANTA worked with USAID/Zambia, the NFNC and local partners to develop flip charts and wall charts for use in community-based and facility-based care. The materials work to strengthen counseling of PLHIV and ART clients on the importance of good nutrition, living positively, preventing and fighting illness through diet and maternal and infant nutrition. The materials were introduced along with training on nutrition and HIV counseling and on the use of the flip chart for facility and community-based care providers. Food-by-Prescription (FBP) Program for PLHIV: Based on USAID/Zambia's request for recommendations, FANTA assessed current nutrition and HIV services and collected and analyzed data on production and distribution of therapeutic and supplementary foods for PLHIV and orphans and vulnerable children. FANTA submitted a report on current HIV food programming opportunities, options for a pilot FBP program and the roles of partners.
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