Also working in 100 other countries, PEPFAR is the largest public health initiative dedicated to a single disease undertaken by any nation.
PEPFAR partners with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administer U.S. food aid programs, to provide food to groups in the targeted countries that are vulnerable to malnutrition, including children born to women infected with HIV, pregnant women, lactating mothers and children orphaned by AIDS, she said. Children who are HIV-positive at birth are more likely to need enhanced nutrition because they often begin life underweight. Without proper nutrition, these children are more likely to have stunted growth and be susceptible to other infections, according to PEPFAR officials.
The agency also partners with the U.N. World Food Programme (WFP), which receives nearly half its resources from the United States, host country governments, foundations and nongovernmental organizations to help sick and vulnerable people receive life-saving nutrients.
One such partnership is with the Academic Model for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV (AMPATH), an initiative that emphasizes food and economic security in addition to anti-retroviral drugs for people affected by HIV in Kenya, said Maloney-Kitts.
Source: USINFO
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