Malnutrition status and associated factors among HIV-positive patients enrolled in ART clinics in Zimbabwe

A survey was conducted to determine malnutrition prevalence among HIV-positive adults, enrolled at antiretroviral therapy clinics

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 15 January 2018

• Country: Zimbabwe
• Document Type: Journal Article
• Theme: Health
• First published: 6 February 2017
• Authors: Takarinda, K.C., Mutasa-Apollo, T, Madzima, B, Nkomo, B and Chigumira, A

Abstract

Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a high burden of undernutrition, affecting 23.2% of its population, and in 2015 constituted 69% of the estimated people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) globally. Zimbabwe, in Southern African has a HIV prevalence of 14.7%, but malnutrition (under- and over-nutrition) in this population has not been characterized. A nationally representative survey was therefore conducted to determine malnutrition prevalence and associated factors among HIV-positive adults, enrolled at antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics in Zimbabwe.

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development바카라 사이트檚 Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

Takarinda KC, Mutasa-Apollo T, Madzima B, Nkomo B, Chigumira A, Banda M, Muti M, Harries AD, Mugurungi O. Malnutrition status and associated factors among HIV-positive patients enrolled in ART clinics in Zimbabwe. BMC Nutrition. 2017; 3(1):15.

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Published 15 January 2018