Nutritional Rehabilitation of HIV-Exposed Infants in Malawi: Results from the Drug Resources Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition Program

Ersilia Buonomo, Simona De Luca, Dyna Tembo, Paola Scarcella, Paola Germano, Anna Maria Doro Altan, Leonardo Palombi, Giuseppe Liotta, Karin Nielsen-Saines, Fulvio Erba and Maria Cristina Marazzi
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Ersilia Buonomo: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Simona De Luca: Department of Nutrition, Health Education Center, Perugia University, Perugia 06100, Italy
Dyna Tembo: Department of Nutrition, DREAM Program Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi
Paola Scarcella: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Paola Germano: DREAM Program, Community of Sant’ Egidio, Piazza S. Egidio 3a, Rome 00153, Italy
Anna Maria Doro Altan: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Leonardo Palombi: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Giuseppe Liotta: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Karin Nielsen-Saines: Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, MDCC 22-442, 10833 LeConte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Fulvio Erba: Department of Public Health, Tor Vergata University, Via Montpellier, Rome 00133, Italy
Maria Cristina Marazzi: Department of Preventive Medicine, LUMSA University (Libera Università Maria SS. Assunta), Via della Traspontina 21, Rome 00193, Italy

IJERPH, 2012, vol. 9, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: Infant malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa is a public health priority and a challenge in high HIV prevalence areas. The Drug Resources Enhancement Against AIDS and Malnutrition program, with multiple medical centers in Sub-Saharan Africa, developed an innovative intervention for the surveillance and control of malnutrition. In a pilot initiative, 36 HIV-exposed children were evaluated at baseline upon presentation for malnutrition and at six months post- treatment. Parameters included HIV-free survival, nutritional status and change in diet. Food diary data was entered and processed using the Nutrisurvey (WHO) software. At 6 months post-intervention, a significant improvement in anthropometric parameters was noted. Slowing of linear growth was observed in patients with malaria with a mean gain in centimetres of 4.4 ± 1.7 as compared to 5.6 ± 1.7 in children with no malaria, p p p

Keywords: HIV-exposed children; malaria; infant malnutrition; peer education; nutritional rehabilitation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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