[india-drug] Join ProNutrition-HIV, new electronic forum!

["Dr. Leela McCullough" <leela@usa.healthnet.org>]

Join ProNutrition-HIV, new electronic forum
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Coming January 2003- Join now!

ProNut-HIV is a program to discuss nutrition and HIV/AIDS issues.

ProNut- HIV, a new electronic forum, aims to share up-to-date 
information, knowledge and experiences on nutrition and HIV/AIDS.

Our first discussion group deals with how to enhance positive living 
through proper nutrition care and support by promoting a constructive 
dialogue between PLWHA, front line workers, researchers, HIV/AIDS 
specialists and policy makers.

Proper nutritional care and support of people living with HIV/AIDS 
(PLWHA) helps to strengthen the immune function, reduce the severity of

opportunistic infections, alleviate HIV/AIDS-related symptoms, prevent 
the negative effects of medication and food interactions on the
nutritional status of PLWHA, as well as contributes to the efficacy of 
and adherence to medications. Recognizing that, international and
national guidelines on nutrition care and support of PLWHA have been
developed and are being used in Africa. Given the increased number of
PLWHA in Africa, including infected and affected mothers and children,
this forum aims to share up-to-date information, knowledge and
experiences on nutrition care and support of PLWHA.

The forum intends to focus primarily on the nutrition care and support 
of mothers and children, and later on the focus may shift to the
nutrition care and support of other groups such as adults (men and
women) and elderly.

  We invite PLWHA, front line workers, researchers and program planners

in HIV/AIDS and policy makers to actively participate and contribute to

the dialogue. To maintain a high-quality and lively interaction, expert

moderators in HIV/AIDS and Nutrition will facilitate the discussion.

As collaborating partners, SATELLIFE and Academy for Educational 
Development (AED) administer and support ProNut-HIV.  SATELLIFE's 
mission is to serve the urgent health needs of the world's poorest
nations by stimulating the flow of information and creating local
knowledge networks in support of healthy communities through the
innovative use of information and communication technologies. AED  is
committed to solving critical social problems in the areas of health,
education, youth development and the environment in the United States
and throughout the world through education, training, social marketing,
policy analysis.

Join ProNut-HIV for free by sending an email to:

majordomo@usa.healthnet.org

with the following in the text of your message:

subscribe pronut-hiv
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You may also join by visiting the web site 
at:   <http://www.pronutrition.org/>http://www.pronutrition.org/

Come join us and make a difference. Please share this invitation with 
those who might be interested.


Dr. Leela McCullough
Director of Information Services

SATELLIFE
30 California Street, Watertown, MA 02472, USA
Tel: +617-926-9400    Fax: +617-926-1212
Email: leela@usa.healthnet.org
Web: http://www.healthnet.org



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