Re: [pronut-hiv] Advice on developing STANDARD Nutrition Guidelines for PLWHA (5)

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Thanks for the info.  I wish that getting copies of these materials were 
easier.  If you have a good way, please let us know.
Thanks,

Herb Giebel
Ile-Ife, Nigeria

In a message dated 5/7/2004 4:58:57 PM Romance Daylight Time, 
rmwadime@rcqhc.org writes:

> Subj: Re: [pronut-hiv] Advice on developing STANDARD Nutrition Guidelines 
> for PLWHA 
>  Date: 5/7/2004 4:58:57 PM Romance Daylight Time
>  From: rmwadime@rcqhc.org
>  Reply-to: pronut-hiv@healthnet.org
>  To: pronut-hiv@healthnet.org, pronut-hiv@healthnet.org
>  Sent from the Internet 
> 
> 
> 
>   Daisy my sister,
>   You  may  not  need to develop NEW nutrition &HIV/AIDS guidelines for
>   Zimbabwe.  There are a number of  materials that you could use in your
>   WORK.
>   One,  there  is  a  draft  guideline  for your country lying at UNICEF
>   office.  A  Mr.  Stanely  C.  was responsible for this some years ago.
>   MoH/Nutrition  Unit may help to trace the drafts. I RECOMMEND that you
>   support finalizing these guidelines, instead of WRITING new ones.
>   Two,  Marlou  B.  developed  dietary guidelines for people living with
>   HIV/AIDS  for  the  city of Mutale (or something like that). This is a
>   beautiful  booklet  that  has  been  used  widely  inside  and outside
>   Zimbabwe.  If  the  government never approved this booklet I don't see
>   them approving another that they have not developed themselves.
>   Three. There is a nutrition booklet developed by the network of people
>   living with HIV/AIDS of Zimbabwe: another beautiful piece of work.
>   Then  there  is  a  lot or work by WHO/FAO, FANTA, RCQHC, etc that you
>   could adapt to your context. You could also "steal" ideas from the RSA
>   guidelines,  or  those  from  Lesotho,  or Swaziland, or from Namibia,
>   Botswana, Uganda, and very, very soon from Tanzania, Kenya and Zambia.
>   My dear, you have a lot of materials to help you start doing something
>   and a lot to help you draft something, IF YOU MUST.
>   Warm Regards and thank you for doing the good work among PLHA.
> 
>   Robert Mwadime, Uganda
>   
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
> At 10:21 AM 5/7/2004, Daisy Chasauka wrote:
> 
>    Dear Nutritionists,
>    A lot has been written on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS. However, I wanted
>    some
>    advice  on how I can come up with standard nutrition guidelines for
>    PLWHA,
>    which  I  intend  to  submit/recommend  to my government as soon as
>    possible.
>    Apparently  our  Ministry  of Health has not yet developed these as
>    yet.
>    Your help is greatly appreciated.
>    Daisy Chasauka
>    Programme Officer -(HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Officer)
>    ActionAid in Zimbabwe
>    16 York Avenue, Newlands, Harare
>    P.O. Box CY2451, Causeway,Harare,
>    Zimbabwe
>    Tel:  +263-4-788122/776850/776127
>    Fax: +263-4-7881124
>    E-mail: DaisyC@aafrica.org.zw <[1]mailto:DaisyC@aafrica.org.zw>
>    "A world without poverty is an Africa without poverty. The capacity
>    and
>    determination  of  the  people  in  Africa  make this an achievable
>    goal."
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> References
> 
>   1. mailto:DaisyC@aafrica.org.zw
>   2. http://list.healthnet.org/mailman/listinfo/pronut-hiv
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