Impact of HIV and AIDS on household food and nutrition security in Suba District, Kenya

The impact of HIV/AIDS on household food and nutrition security in Suba district was studied in a quasi longitudinal study. Households with People Living with HIV/AIDS (Index- 25%) and three surrounding households (control- 75%) were considered for the study. Data were collected on demographic characteristics of the households, land ownership, cultivated land by crop, crop yield, livestock kept by category, diet composition, frequency of hunger, experience of weight loss in the households and expenditure on food. Categorization among the index households wasbased on disease progression stages: Stage 1(with no symptoms), Stage 2 (Symptomatic-(CD4>200, CD