Counseling Materials for Nutritional Care and Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS

Counseling Materials for Nutritional Care and Support of People Living with HIV/AIDS (revised April 2005) were produced by the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care with technical and financial support from FANTA and LINKAGES and funding from USAID/REDSO. These materials are for use by counselors and service providers to support nutritional care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). The materials were developed with a focus on Uganda and are being used and adapted in other countries as well.

The materials include:

• A flip chart of counseling cards on key nutrition actions PLWHA should take to maintain health, prevent infections, and manage symptoms;

• A job aid for ART service providers, counselors, and pharmacists to help ART clients address food and nutrition implications of ART;

• Answers to frequently asked questions about nutrition and HIV/AIDS;

• A meal planner to assist PLWHA in planning appropriate dietary intake;

• A nutrition assessment tool for using body mass index (BMI) to assess the nutritional status of PLWHA;

• A fact sheet on healthy eating for PLWHA.