The South Africa Department of Health has noted the study into the role of nutrition with regard to the management of HIV and AIDS and TB that was released by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) yesterday.
The study of such challenging areas as feeding options for mothers with HIV would have added value in the scientific inquiry of the relationship between HIV and AIDS and nutrition.
The findings of the study actually reaffirm the policy position of the Department. It confirms that in addition to the two infectious diseases - TB and HIV - South Africa is also facing a challenge of macronutrient deficiencies (overt hunger) and/or micronutrient deficiencies ("hidden hunger").
To deal with the latter, the Department of Health promotes good nutrition through consumption of balanced diet. The Department also provide nutritional and vitamin supplementation to address the challenges of micronutrient deficiencies. These are just some of the programmes aimed at promoting good health and improve nutritional status of our population.read more
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