AFRO-NETS> "Living well with HIV/AIDS" (5)

[Isiah Mwangi <imwangi@kilifi.mimcom.net>]

"Living well with HIV/AIDS" (5)
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I hope I am not being misunderstood. I appreciate the efforts of nu-
tritionists to develop nutrition guidelines for people living with 
HIV/AIDS. Many clinicians including me have in the past given such 
well written guidelines to patients living with HIV/AIDS or PCM. It 
turns out that what we refer to as 'affordable' in many guidelines is 
very much out of reach for most people and they end up taking what 
they can afford. Social circumstances and poverty tend to override 
written guidelines and that is what I am trying to make nutritionists 
/health economists aware. 
 
I would be quite happy as a researcher to be given references from 
studies that have shown clinical improvement or better prognosis for 
people living with HIV/AIDS who have been following such guidelines. 
It will then be easier to prescribe them.
 
Thanks,
Dr I N Mwangi
mailto:imwangi@kilifi.mimcom.net
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