3.2. Nutritional care and support
Table 1 shows the variety of NCS received by the study participants. Nearly all, 82.8% (n = 77) of the NCS recipients had received NCS mainly from health facilities for a period>5 months. The most common NCS received were food assistance (96.8%), food supplementation (96.8%), weight assessment (78.5%) and NEAC (73.1%). For food assistance, the majority received maize meal (94.6%). This is primarily
aimed at providing additional food in order to meet the increased energy needs of people living with HIV.