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SARCS urges good nutrition in AIDS fight

    JOHANNESBURG

    The importance of good nutrition, especially for people living with HIV/AIDS, was recently highlighted by the South African Red Cross Society (SARCS).

    Speaking ahead of "World Food Day" on 16 October, SARCS president Mandisa Kalako-Williams said food security was vital to good health while the world searched for a medical solution to HIV/AIDS.

    Kalako-Williams was quoted by the South African Press Association (SAPA) as saying, "HIV/AIDS and malnutrition are interrelated - research suggests that malnutrition increases the risk of HIV transmission from mother to baby, and the progression of HIV infection."

    The country's high prevalence of HIV/AIDS is being aggravated by the problem of malnutrition, which is endemic in South Africa.

    UNAIDS estimates that 20.1 percent of the country's adults between the age of 15 and 49 are 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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