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Food security as a response to AIDS

author(s) Gillespie, Stuart - Haddad, Lawrence
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Africa
  • World
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Gillespie, Stuart; Haddad, Lawrence, 'Food security as a response to AIDS', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, DC, 2002

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Abstract

The HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa has become increasingly intertwined with issues of food and nutrition. On the one hand, malnutrition and food insecurity may force households to adopt livelihoods that increas the risk of HIV transmission, such as migration to find work. On the other, HIV/AIDS may precipitate or exacerbate malnutrition and food insecurity.

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