Join ProNutrition-HIV - new electronic forum
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Another new discussion group to be launched in January.
ProNut-HIV, a new electronic forum, aims to share up-to-date informa-
tion, knowledge and experiences on nutrition and HIV/AIDS.
Our first discussion group deals with how to enhance positive living
through proper nutrition care and support by promoting a constructive
dialogue between PLWHA, front line workers, researchers, HIV/AIDS
specialists and policy makers.
Proper nutritional care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS
(PLWHA) helps to strengthen the immune function, reduce the severity
of opportunistic infections, alleviate HIV/AIDS-related symptoms,
prevent the negative effects of medication and food interactions on
the nutritional status of PLWHA, as well as contributes to the effi-
cacy of and adherence to medications. Recognizing that, international
and national guidelines on nutrition care and support of PLWHA have
been developed and are being used in Africa. Given the increased num-
ber of PLWHA in Africa, including infected and affected mothers and
children, this forum aims to share up-to-date information, knowledge
and experiences on nutrition care and support of PLWHA.
The forum intends to focus primarily on the nutrition care and sup-
port of mothers and children, and later on the focus may shift to the
nutrition care and support of other groups such as adults (men and
women) and elderly.
We invite PLWHA, front line workers, researchers and program planners
in HIV/AIDS and policy makers to actively participate and contribute
to the dialogue. To maintain a high-quality and lively interaction,
expert moderators in HIV/AIDS and Nutrition will facilitate the dis-
cussion.
As collaborating partners, SATELLIFE and Academy for Educational De-
velopment (AED) administer and support ProNut-HIV. SATELLIFE's mis-
sion is to serve the urgent health needs of the world's poorest na-
tions by stimulating the flow of information and creating local
knowledge networks in support of healthy communities through the in-
novative use of information and communication technologies. AED is
committed to solving critical social problems in the areas of health,
education, youth development and the environment in the United States
and throughout the world through education, training, social market-
ing, policy analysis.
Join ProNut-HIV for free by sending an e-mail to:
<majordomo@usa.healthnet.org>
with the following in the text of your message:
subscribe pronut-hiv
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You may also join by visiting the web site:
http://www.pronutrition.org/
Come join us and make a difference. Please share this invitation with
those who might be interested.
Dr. Leela McCullough
Director of Information Services
SATELLIFE
30 California Street
Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel: +1-617-926-9400
Fax: +1-617-926-1212
mailto:leela@usa.healthnet.org
http://www.healthnet.org
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