| There are important links between improved HIV/AIDS outcomes and nutritional status. Good nutrition is essential for maintaining the immune system, managing opportunistic infections, and optimizing response to medical treatment. It also helps people living with HIV sustain healthy levels of physical activity and quality of life. In HIV-positive women, good nutrition during pregnancy is important for both mother and fetus. Adequate nutritional counseling and support can lower the risk of HIV transmission from mother to child and increase HIV-free survival of infants. For HIV-positive children, safe feeding practices and improved dietary intake are critical to regain weight lost during opportunistic infections. The World Bank Role
The World Bank uses its multisectoral engagement to advance the understanding of the interface between HIV/AIDS, nutrition, and food security. The Bank’s financing programs in HIV/AIDS, health, and food security—through sector lending, and poverty reduction strategy preparations and credits—offer opportunities for it work with interested countries to improve HIV/AIDS/nutrition outcomes. | 
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