WHO Technical Report on Nutrients and HIV/AIDS

The World Health Organisation's (WHO) report of a technical consultation on the nutrient requirements for people living with HIV//AIDS, carried out in March 2003, is now available.

HIV/AIDS interventions, current recommendations, the scientific evidence base, and outstanding research needs were considered by this meeting of WHO Technical Advisory Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS-1, and 20 experts from a variety of disciplines and agencies. Nutritional recommendations are made in general for people living with HIV/AIDS, and specifically for the following target groups:

• Pregnant and lactating HIV-infected women
• Adolescents and other adults living with HIV
• HIV-infected infants and children
• HIV-exposed infants and children born to HIV-positive mothers.

The report can be found at WHO's website, http://www.who.int/nut/documents/hivaids_nut_require.pdf