Malawi

Prevalence rate = 14.6%

Almost One Million Malawians today are HIV infected with 14% general, 18% Semi - Urban and up to 30% urban HIV Prevalence rate More than 150,000 Malawians have AIDS today 80,000 Malawians die every year from AIDS Related infections and Diseases 860,000 children have been left Orphans in Malawi today 19 Malawians get HIV, and 5 die of AIDS related infections every hour 46% of all new infections are in the age group of 10 – 25 years

IN THE AGES OF 10 TO 19 THERE ARE 5 GIRLS TO A BOY WITNHIV INFECTION WHERE THERE IS NO FOOD WHAT CHOICES DOES AIDS EDUCATION GIVE THEM FOR PROTECTION?

SUFFERING AND DEATH OF THE PRODUCTIVE MEN WHAT CHOICES DOES ABC GIVE THE WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN ESPECIALLY DAUGHTERS FOR PREVENTION

WHERE THERE IS NO FOOD - WHAT IS LIFE LIKE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL FOR CHILDREN THAT WATCH THEIR PARENTS DIE OF AIDS AND TAKE FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES

WITHOUT ACCOMMODATING FOOD PRODUCTION STRATEGIES WHAT COPING MECHANISM IS THERE FOR THE TWO AGE GROUPS THAT ARE JUST TOO FAR APART YET HAVE TO CARE FOR EACH OTHER

HAVING LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO AIDS, AND LEFT WITH NOTHING TO EAT, JUST LOOKING AT EACH OTHER IS ENOUGH FOR TEARS

SUCH SUFFERING AND DEATH FOOD INSECURITY IS THE MAJOR DETERMINANT

AGRICULTURE DETERMINES Social Interactions and Festivals Local and Cross Boarder Migration Housing and Settlement Gender Powers Domestic and National Economic Status

Low income Lack of food Survival Sex Work Migration of Labour Force Casual sex Tenant System Low nutritional intake Susceptibility to Infections SICKNESS AND DEATH Reduced labour and Inputs Caring and burying the Dead Reduce time on agricultural activities With HIV/AIDS, the Infected and Affected do not invest in Agricultural Production Agricultural Policies Casual sex Marketing Policies of Agricultural Produce High morbidity and Mortality Reallocation Budgeting from Agriculture FOOD INSECURITY HIV INFECTION AND AIDS IMPACT POOR AND NON- SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOOD

FOOD INSECURITY THE SPREAD OF HIV INFECTION AND THE IMPACT OF AIDS

EAM MEMBER CHURCH ORGANISATIONS EAM MEMBER CHURCHES EAM SECRETARIAT

FOOD SUPPLEMENT : Increase micronutrient to reduce susceptibility to infections and diseases, en h ance healin g and development : Increased food availability to give people time and opportunities to attend to their fields PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME STRATEGIES

FOOD PRODUCTION : Increase micronutrient to reduce susceptibility to infections and diseases : Increased food availability to give people time and opportunities to attend to their fields : Improve domestic economic status : Reduce local migration and PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME STRATEGIES

AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION Accommodating the diversity of the impact of AIDS  Reduced Labour yet maintaining high production  Periodic production  Variety crop production PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME STRATEGIES

PROMOTE FOOD SECURITY PROGRAMME STRATEGIES FOOD SUSTAINABILITY Community grain Banks/Reserve  Reduce distance for selling products or buying food – Reduce risks  Management of community grain banks/reserves –IGA for women leading to women's socioeconomic empowerment COMMUNITY GRAIN BANKS

FOOD INSECURITY HIV INFECTION AND AIDS IMPACT CONSORTIUM CHURCHES AND CHURCH ORGANISATIONS MITIGATING AIDS IMPACT HIV PREVENTION PROMOTING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY

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