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HIV-positive to benefit from new malnutrition protocol

    JOHANNESBURG

    A new protocol to manage malnutrition among thousands of Mozambican children and adults could also save the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.

    "We found that if you treat HIV positive patients for severe malnutrition, they respond extremely well under the new protocol: they have the same weight gain and the same rate of recovery as the malnourished HIV negative person," international nutrition expert Michael Golden told the UN news service, PlusNews.

    The new protocol is expected to have a significant impact in the Southern African country, where the number of HIV cases continues to increase and health authorities have forecast rising mortality rates from malnourishment.

    An estimated 13.6 percent of people aged 15 to 49 are living with HIV and AIDS in Mozambique.

    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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