Kenya is grappling with the triple burden of malnutrition, including undernutrition, overnutrition (overweight and obesity) and micronutrient deficiency.
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Nine-year-old Mary* has been living at the AMPATH Amani Shelter for the past six months. She is an HIV-positive orphan, both of her parents having succumbed to the disease.
Read MoreAMPATH discovered early on that providing anti-retroviral drugs did not fully solve many of the HIV patients' problems. Often times patients come to the clinic malnourished or not knowing when their next meal will be; therefore, one important component of AMPATH is food and income security.
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There are 239 million food insecure people in sub-Saharan Africa. To assure that the school children are fed and retained in school, the government of Kenya supports feeding programs in schools that are in the arid and semi-arid regions of the country.
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Like so many maladies in developing countries, the focus cannot simply be on the disease. Nutrition is critical when a full stomach is required to take medications.
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