NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTIONS

Counseling before pregnancy is important.

• It should focus on the effects of HIV on
pregnancy, health of the mother,

• long-term health of the mother and child,

• how perinatal transmission occurs

• how to prevent it with medicines.

Essential Action s for Maternal and Child Nutrition.

Exclusive breast feeding for six month

• Adequate complementary feeding and

continued breastfeeding to the age of
about 24 months or beyond.

• Adequate nutritional care of sick and

malnourished children (during and after
sickness)
Essential Action s for Maternal and Child
Nutrition.
• -Adequate Vitamin intake by infants and
young children.

• Adequate micronutrient intake

• Adequate iodine intake by every

household member
Essential Action s for Maternal and Child
Nutrition.

• Malaria control among pregnant women

in malaria endemic areas

• Helminthes control among pregnant

women in endemic areas
Essential Action s for Maternal and Child
Nutrition.

• Adequate food intake during pregnancy

and lactation

• Delay first pregnancy and child spacing

for 3 years or longer
ways by which nutritional interventions can help break
this cycle by helping people living with HIV (PLHIV):
manage symptoms,

reduce susceptibility to opportunistic

infections,

improve nutritional status,

• promote response to medical treatment,

• improve overall quality of life.

major nutritional problems in Ghana

• Protein- Energy malnutrition (PEM)

• Iron Deficiency Disorders (IDD)

• Iodine Deficiency Disorders

• Vitamin A deficiency
• Diet related Diseases (Diabetes,
hypertension, obesity etc).
 Examples of nutritional intervention
programmes in Ghana

• Nutrition education

• On-farm and community food storage

• Primary Health Care

• Family planning
• Home and village weaning foods

• Nutrition integrated to healthcare

• Nutrition rehabilitation

• Supplementary feeding of pre and school

children.