Integrating nutrition support for food-insecure patients and their dependents into an HIV care and treatment program in Western Kenya.
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.
Mamlin
Joseph
J
School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Kimaiyo
Sylvester
S
Lewis
Stephen
S
Tadayo
Hannah
H
Jerop
Fanice Komen
FK
Gichunge
Catherine
C
Petersen
Tomeka
T
Yih
Yuehwern
Y
Braitstein
Paula
P
Einterz
Robert
R
D000293:Adolescent; D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000178:diet therapy* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011203:Poverty; D016730:Program Development; D055815:Young Adult
D044966:Anti-Retroviral Agents