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As food shortages and malnutrition worsen the impact of HIV/AIDS in hard-hit developing countries, the US is working hard to improve overall health and quality of life, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has said.
USAID administrator Andrew Natsios said in a statement that the agency was already supporting food assistance programmes to feed some 700,000 Africans in communities affected by the pandemic.
Research on the negative impact that HIV/AIDS could have on food production and nutritional status was well established.
"When someone is debilitated by disease, the food security of his or her family is in jeopardy," Natsios said. "All too often, families are forced to sell livestock and other valuable assets to care for the sick or to pay funeral expenses. This then compromises any future earning potential."
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