Is food aid important in the fight against HIV/AIDS?
Yes. HIV/AIDS is a significant contributor to developing nations’ food insecurity. Food aid is essential to ensure adequate nutrition to both help people living with HIV/AIDS to absorb anti-retroviral drugs, as well as to stem the advancement of the disease. World Vision is aware of the need to ensure that food aid is part of a broader approach to longer-term food security for those undergoing treatment. Many vulnerable groups do not have access (for a variety of reasons) to adequate nutritious food. Precise targeting and delivery of food aid to HIV/AIDS infected populations has very positive results in terms of their health and nutritional status.
