HIV/AIDS and Food Aid: Assessment for Regional Programs and Resource Integration, November 2004

The 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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Appendices - Individual Files	PDF	PPT
1. Participant List	102kb
2. Workshop Agenda	88kb
3.1. REDSO HIV/AIDS Program, Dr. Jeffrey Ashley of Regional Office of HIV/AIDS	240kb	316kb
3.2. Regional Transport Worker Initiative, Gail Goodridge of Family Health International	480kb	1.6mb
3.3. Current Food Aid Programming On and Near the Transport Corridor: Title II Programs in Kenya, Uganda and Sudan, Nancy Estes of REDSO, Dan Suther of USAID Sudan, Walter Welz of USAID Uganda	194kb	711kb
3.4. Current Food Aid Programming On and Near the TCI, Sana Ceesay of WFP ODK	287kb	1.9mb
3.5. Food Interventions in the Context of HIV/AIDS, Sandra Remancus of FANTA Project	118kb	235kb
3.6. Basic Principles for Food-Assisted Programs in the Context of HIV/AIDS, Judy Canahuati of USAID's Office of Food for Peace	212kb	1.5mb
3.7. Title II Food Aid Programming Guidance and Resource Availability, Judy Canahuati of USAID's Office of Food for Peace	71kb	15kb
3.8. HIV/AIDS & Food Aid Programming Guidance & Resource Availability, Francesca Erdelmann of WFP's HIV Unit	93kb	166kb
3.9. Targeting Food Aid in the HIV/AIDS Context Overview, Sandra Remancus of FANTA Project	97kb	126kb
3.10. Community-based Targeting and Distribution in HIV/AIDS Programmes, Denis Tiren for WFP/Kenya	136kb	43kb
3.11. Food Aid Rations in the HIV/AIDS Context, Sandra Remancus of FANTA Project	107kb	110kb
3.12a. HIV/AIDS and Food Aid Programming: Distribution mechanisms, Francesca Erdelmann of WFP's HIV Unit	77kb	159kb
3.12b. Distribution Mechanisms in HIV/AIDS programming – Uganda’s experiences, Odette Kweli of WFP Uganda	149kb	6.6mb
3.13. Food Insecurity and Vulnerability, Anne Swindale of FANTA Project	155kb	93kb
3.14. Food Insecurity and Vulnerability in Practice, Evaline Diang’a of WFP ODK	1.13mb	4.4mb
3.15. Food Insecurity and Vulnerability - Data for the Proposed Sites along the Transport Corridor, Nancy Estes of REDSO and Andrew Mutegu of FEWS NET	535kb	864kb
3.16. Assessing the Potential for Food Aid Interventions in High HIV Prevalence Contexts, Anne Swindale of FANTA Project	156kb	132kb
3.17. HIV/AIDS and Food Aid	146kb	183kb
3.18. Regional Transport Corridor Initiative Site Assessment/Design Strategy	366kb	1.6mb