TABLE 2.

Core questions for the WHO advisory group

• What is the impact of HIV/AIDS on the nutritional status of infected and affected adults and children?

• What is the potential impact of poor nutritional status on susceptibility to, progression of, and treatment of HIV/AIDS?

• What is the impact of poor nutritional status on prevention, care, and treatment of HIV-associated comorbidities and opportunistic infections (eg, tuberculosis, diarrheal diseases)?

• What are the nutritional needs of people infected with HIV over and above those required by uninfected people?