Integrating nutrition support for food-insecure patients and their dependents into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya

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dc.contributor.author	Mamlin, Joseph	-
dc.contributor.author	Kimaiyo, Sylvester	-
dc.contributor.author	Jerop, Fanice Komen	-
dc.date.accessioned	2020-06-02T07:58:37Z	-
dc.date.available	2020-06-02T07:58:37Z	-
dc.date.issued	2009	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/3038	-
dc.description.abstract	The Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) is a partnership between Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Moi University School of Medicine, and a consortium of universities led by Indiana University. AMPATH has over 50 000 patients in active care in 17 main clinics around western Kenya. Despite antiretroviral therapy, many patients were not recovering their health because of food insecurity. AMPATH therefore established partnerships with the World Food Program and United States Agency for International Development and began high-production farms to complement food support. Today, nutritionists assess all AMPATH patients and dependents for food security and refer those in need to the food program. We describe the implementation, challenges, and successes of this program.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	American Journal of Public Health	en_US
dc.subject	HIV	en_US
dc.title	Integrating nutrition support for food-insecure patients and their dependents into an HIV Care and Treatment Program in Western Kenya	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US
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