The HIV/AIDS pandemic is a global crisis with consequences that will be felt for decades to come. Thirty-nine million people are currently infected with the virus, including more than 25 million from Sub-Saharan Africa.Many millions more are affected in different ways. The ability of households and communities to ensure their own food and nutrition security is increasingly being threatened. With the most detailed evidence base yet assembled, this review systematically maps our growing knowledge of the interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security, pointing to where and how future policy needs to change to remain relevant and effective.

"This research review focuses on possible interactions between the HIV/AIDS dilemma and food security, and on what action can be taken to ensure that future policies will influence such interactions positively . . .. This review is a valuable resource for institutions struggling to confront the implications of HIV/AIDS for food and nutrition-relevant policies and programs. "

--LEISA Magazine, December 2005, 21(4)

Stuart Gillespie is a senior research fellow in IFPRI's Food Consumption and Nutrition Division (FCND) and cofounder and director of RENEWAL, the Regional Network on HIV/AIDS, Rural Livelihoods and Food Security.

Suneetha Kadiyala is a research analyst in FCND.

• Title page, Copyright, Table of Contents, Foreword, Acknowledgments
  (PDF 54K)
• Introduction
  (PDF 147K)

• Chapter 1: Impacts of Food and Nutrition Insecurity on the Spread of HIV
  (PDF 56K)
• Chapter 2: Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Food and Nutrition Security
  (PDF 137K)

• Chapter 3: Applying an HIV/AIDS Lens
  (PDF 65K)
• Chapter 4: Policy Options
  (PDF 112K)
• Chapter 5: Scaling Up, Mainstreaming, and Capacity Development
  (PDF 48K)
• Chapter 6: Conclusions
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• References
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• Annex 1: HIV/AIDS and Food Security Evidence Base
  (PDF 110K)
• Annex 2: HIV/AIDS and Nutrition Evidence Base
  (PDF 78K)

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