June 29, 2006

Malnourishment Sabotages HIV Treatment

June 29, 2006—People with HIV who suffer from malnourishment are six times more likely to die than other positive people after starting on treatment, according to a study in the July edition of HIV Medicine. In a separate story, the World Food Program announced yesterday that high HIV rates are increasing malnourishment in southern Africa because there are not enough healthy workers to farm and produce food.