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AIDS efforts hindered by effects of drought

    JOHANNESBURG

    The impact of drought, erratic rainfall and poverty on Zimbabwe's food security is hampering anti-AIDS efforts, according to experts.

    After a recent meeting in Mazowe district, about 30 km north of the capital, Harare, nutritionists urged the establishment of a vegetable plot at each household as a means of maintaining good health, especially in view of the AIDS pandemic.

    The official Herald newspaper quoted Dr Orseline Carelse of the Scientific Industrial Research Development Centre as saying: "Establishing nutrition gardens will go a long way in fighting the effects of the disease, and will also fight the increase of malnutrition in both adults and children."

    Zimbabwe has one of the highest HIV/AIDS prevalence rates in Southern Africa, with an estimated 34 percent of its adult population living with HIV/AIDS.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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