Malnutrition status and associated factors among HIV-positive patients enrolled in ART clinics in Zimbabwe
A survey was conducted to determine malnutrition prevalence among HIV-positive adults, enrolled at antiretroviral therapy clinics
Abstract
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers from a high burden of undernutrition, affecting 23.2% of its population, and in 2015 constituted 69% of the estimated people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) globally. Zimbabwe, in Southern African has a HIV prevalence of 14.7%, but malnutrition (under- and over-nutrition) in this population has not been characterized. A nationally representative survey was therefore conducted to determine malnutrition prevalence and associated factors among HIV-positive adults, enrolled at antiretroviral therapy (ART) clinics in Zimbabwe.
This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)
Citation
Takarinda KC, Mutasa-Apollo T, Madzima B, Nkomo B, Chigumira A, Banda M, Muti M, Harries AD, Mugurungi O. Malnutrition status and associated factors among HIV-positive patients enrolled in ART clinics in Zimbabwe. BMC Nutrition. 2017; 3(1):15.