HIV, Nutrition and Food Security How do we work together to maximize impact? Stuart Gillespie International Food Policy Research Institute Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods and Food Security SCN, Rome, February 2007
IMPACT Livelihood/food security HIV & AIDS Nutrition
Risks HIV AIDSImpacts Prevention Care & treatmentMitigation At each point, what are the key roles of: - nutrition research and programming? - livelihood/food security research and programming?
From evidence to action….to impact HIV & AIDS NutritionLivelihood/ food security ResearchPolicy/ProgramResearchPolicy/Program Prevention Known? Unknown? What works? What might work? Known? Unknown? Care and treatment Known? Unknown? Known? Unknown? Mitigation Known? Unknown? Known? Unknown?
AIDS and Nutrition Security How to link nutritional support, where needed, to ARV therapy effectively and sustainably? How to ensure sustainable nutrition security in the context of the livelihoods of affected households and communities? What role does nutrition play in new approaches to AIDS-sensitive social protection?
Dynamics
Scaling up processes VISION/GOAL Impacts (outcomes, benefits) CAPACITY ELEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS QUANTITATIVE FUNCTIONAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONAL INTERVENTIONS Sparks CONTEXT; - local - wider CONTEXT; - local - wider