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HIV/AIDS and Food Aid: Assessment for Regional Programs and Resource Integration, November 2004The Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance (FANTA) Project and the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care (RCQHC) convened an HIV/AIDS and Food Aid: Assessment for Regional Programs and Resource Integration workshop in Entebbe, Uganda November 2-5, 2004. The workshop was funded by USAID’s Regional Economic Development Services Office for East and Southern Africa’s (REDSO). The objectives of the workshop were to improve understanding of food aid programming in the context of HIV/AIDS, strengthen capacity to assess the need for food aid interventions in HIV/AIDS-affected communities, and plan assessment activities that might identify opportunities for integrating food aid interventions into REDSO’s Transport Corridor Initiative (TCI). In addition, the workshop sought to assess partner needs for regional technical or other assistance to strengthen food aid programming addressing HIV/AIDS, including identifying and sharing lessons and promising practices. There were 51 participants at the workshop. Participants included PVOs implementing food aid programs in east or central Africa; REDSO HIV/AIDS implementing partners that seek to integrate or coordinate with food-based interventions in the transport corridor; World Food Program (WFP) regional and country office representatives; USAID Washington, regional and country Mission representatives from Offices of HIV/AIDS, Food for Peace and Poverty Analysis and Social Safety Net; Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET); FANTA and RCQHC. The workshop combined technical presentations with presentations on current programming experience, group work and plenary discussions. The workshop themes included: 1. REDSO HIV/AIDS and Title II and WFP food aid programs in the region 2. Food interventions in the context of HIV/AIDS 3. Sources of resources for food interventions for HIV/AIDS programming 4. Technical issues in food aid, such as targeting, rations, and distribution mechanisms 5. Integration of food and HIV/AIDS programming 6. Assessment of vulnerability to food insecurity and the appropriateness of food aid as a response 7. Coordination of food security assessments with the broader TCI site assessments and design strategy This workshop report summarizes the presentations and the main issues raised during the discussions and presents the next steps agreed upon by the participants. The Appendices include the PowerPoint presentations that can be downloaded individually below.
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