Learning Outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should be able to:

• Define and use correctly all of the key words printed in bold.
• Explain the relationship between nutrition and HIV.
• List the effects of good nutrition on HIV.
• List the seven ways in which PLHIV are able to maintain their strength and health.
• Describe feeding options for an infant born to an HIV-positive mother.
• Explain the benefits and risks of each of the feeding options for an infant born to an HIV-positive mother.
• Explain the strategies that can be used to decrease transmission of HIV to an infant after birth.