[pronut-hiv] Rwanda: National Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS

["Christine Kaligirwa" <ckaligirwa@unicef.org>]

Hi, Josee,
 I would like to add that UN agencies especially  UNICEF , WFP and FAO
contributed a lot on the elaboration of the Rwanda National  Nutrition and
HIV Guideline and Protocol through a  National Nutrition Working Group. 
Collaboration between TRAC, MOH Nutrition desk and partners will be
important for the next step.
Thank  you

Christine KALIGIRWA
Ass Project Officer Nutrition
UNICEF KIGALI

---------- Josephine Kayumba wrote:

RWANDA has developped a National Nutrition and HIV/AIDS guideline and
protocol with FANTA's assistance. We had an official lunch of these 2
documents where were invited all Directors of districts hospitals (they are
all Medical doctors) and all partners, the media was invited ; we
distributed some copies in that meeting and invited whoever need it to
contact TRAC (Treatment and Research Aids Center) office.This guideline is
in Minister of Health website.

  After that we elaborate a nutrition training module based on this
guideline.
  We are disseminating the guideline through various trainings of health
workers. We have 2 types of training, training for trainers and training
for health workers and for differents beneficiairies : medical doctors,
nurses, nutritionnists and social workers.  When its training for trainers
each group is considered separately.
  Partners also distribute the guidelines in their sites. I can estimate
that half of the health workers knows about this guideline. we did not yet
conduct any survey even to see how efficiently it is being used, this will
be our next step after total dissemination.

  Kind regards.

  Joséphine KAYUMBA, MSc
Nutrition&HIV/AIDS Program Assistant
FANTA/TRAC
  RWANDA/Kigali
tel : 08519361
email : joskay20@yahoo.fr

------cener <cener@wananchi.com> a écrit :

Hi Gilbert, Thanks for the Info, which country are you from? I downloaded
the book from Fanta on Hand book on Developing and Applying National
Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS. Very Useful.

Did you carry out any survey to find out how many know about the
guidelines,or did you know this. Was there a national dissemination of the
National Guidelines?.

Thanks.

Alice Ojwang-Ndong. "M Nutr (Stellenbosch)"
Nutrition & Dietetic Consultant,
Center For Nutrition Education and Research
P.O.BOX 8105,00200, Nairobi.

"Healthy Choices, Longer Life"
cener@wananchi.com


----- "Gilbert Tshitaudzi" wrote:

>
>
> Hi Alice
>
> We are currently reviewing our 
und out was that many health care providers didn't
> know that the guidelines exist. Very few health care providers were
> using the guidelines. We are planning to develop a communication plan
> which will accompany the new updated guidelines.
>
> Regards
>
> Gilbert
>
> >>> cener@wananchi.com wrote:
> Thank you Bijlsma I will check it out.
>
> I was hoping that people from Zambia and South Africa would shade ideas
> on
> their experiences.
> Thanks
>
> Alice Ojwang-Ndong. "M Nutr (Stellenbosch)"
> Nutrition & Dietetic Consultant,
> Center For Nutrition Education and Research
> P.O.BOX 8105,00200, Nairobi.
>
> "Healthy Choices, Longer Life"
> cener@wananchi.com
> ----- O"Marlou Bijlsma" wrote:
>
>
> Dear Alice
>
> Please allow me highlight the following
>
> Handbook on developing and applying national guidelines on nutrition
> and
> HIV/AIDS. www.fantaproject.org/downloads/pdfs/rcqhc03.pdf
>
> This handbook includes a chapter on the application of guidelines. I
> hope
> it is of use to you. For more information you can always contact me
>
> Kind regards
>
> Marlou Bijlsma
>
>
> cener wrote:
>
> Hello everyone, I am aware that some countries like Zambia and South
> Africa
> and now Kenya have National Guidelines on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
>
> How did Zambia and South Africa disseminate the guidelines and how
> many
> nutritionist or health professionals where there are no nutritionist
> received the guidelines and are using them efficiently.
> Any information on this will be very helpful.
> Thank you.
>
> Alice Ojwang-Ndong. "M Nutr (Stellenbosch)"
> Nutrition & Dietetic Consultant,
> Center For Nutrition Education and Research
> P.O.BOX 8105,00200, Nairobi.
>
> "Healthy Choices, Longer Life"
> cener@wananchi.com
>