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‘AIDS and hunger a deadly combination in Southern Africa food crisis'
- Some 13 million people in Southern Africa are threatened by the greatest food crisis in a decade. Millions of them are infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. How does one crisis compound the other?
- The World Food Program and World Health Organization are working on programs that address the food needs of people living with HIV in Uganda. What programs are needed in Southern Africa, both in response to this food crisis and on an ongoing basis?
- By the end of this decade, Africa will have 40 million AIDS orphans. Who will feed them if their parents are gone?
BARCELONA -- “With so many farmers already weak or dead from AIDS, children and the elderly are all that remain to farm the land. This makes a serious food crisis dangerous,” said Ethel Kapyepye, World Vision’s HIV/AIDS Coordinator in Malawi. Kaypepye was a delegate to the AIDS 2002 Conference in Barcelona July 7-12, but was unable to attend because, like many others, her visa was not granted by the Spanish government.
WHO: Ethel Kapyepye is World Vision’s HIV/AIDS Coordinator in Malawi. She manages programs for children affected by HIV/AIDS, and networking with partners through the government or other relief and development agencies. Kapyepye is a registered nurse and midwife. She has served as a program manager for the United Nations called “United Nations Volunteers Support to People Living with HIV/AIDS” in Malawi and Zambia.
email: mediainfo@worldvision.org
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