Topic 1 – Public Health:

HIV AND AIDS

• Know how HIV/AIDS is spread
• Protect yourself and your partner
• Know when to visit the clinic
• Know about ART
• Getting ready for ART
• Living with HIV – ART’s, diet, etc
• Importance of treatment compliance.
• How Evander Gold Mines can help you.

HIV/AIDS AND TB

• Wellness awareness: HIV/AIDS and TB

HIV is spread from one person to another through:

• Unprotected sex with an infected person contact with infected blood infection from mother to her unborn or new-born baby

TUBERCULOSIS

• What is TB?
• Who is susceptible to contracting TB?
• How is TB spread
• What are the symptoms of TB
• Why its important to get treatment.
• What treatment will you need to go through.
• Importance of treatment compliance.
• Ways to prevent TB.
• How Evander Gold Mines can help you.

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

• The importance of personal hygiene –
  –  A clean body is a healthy body.
  –  By washing your body daily you will prevent sickness and you will be able to work every day and provide for your family.

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

How to maintain a healthy level of personal hygiene

• Do not abuse ALCOHOL or DRUGS.
• Shower daily.
• Wash socks daily.
• Wash linen regularly.
• Good Nutrition – Eat healthy and balanced foods
• Different foods protect the body in different ways, e.g. energy giving, body building, protective foods, etc.

Energy-giving foods (provide the body the strength to work. Alone are insufficient and must be combined with other foods. Food types – maize, rice, sorghum, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, bread, oil, and margarine).

Body-building foods (help make muscles and bones strong. Help put lost weight back on. Food types – meat, fish, chicken, eggs, soya, samp, beans, milk, sour milk and maheu).

Protective Foods (Helps protect the body. Add taste and flavour to meals. Food types – Oranges, mango, pineapple, eggplant, pawpaw, bananas, tomato, avocado, carrots, onions and spinach).

• Each meal should include all 3 food types above.
• Eat dried beans, peas, lentils and soya regularly (at least once a week).  These foods are high in protein and fibre and low in fat.  Replace or extend meat dishes with beans, peas, lentils and soya.

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

• Make starchy foods the basis of your meals. The best starchy foods to choose are those high in fibre as they are digested slowly and can stop some of the fat from your diet being absorbed.
• Try to eat a variety of fruit and vegetables every day; frozen vegetables are as good as fresh vegetables.
• Eat fat sparingly to reduce your risk of chronic diseases of lifestyle such as heart disease.
• Use salt sparingly – too much salt in the diet is linked with high blood pressure.

INCREASING APPETITE:

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

Eat when not hungry

• You are more vulnerable to infection if you’re noteating.
• Avoid alcohol since it reduces appetite.

Drink porridge

• Drink porridge with soya flour or pounded groundnuts for increased strength.
• Have a warm drink after waking up and before going to bed.

Eat small quantities more often

• Eat small portions 5 to 6 times a day or every 2 hours.

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

Eat favourite and tasty foods

• Eat your favourite foods with spices (garlic, ginger, curry), onions, or tomatoes for flavour ( unless you have oral thrush, diarrhoea or another condition that spicy food can aggravate)

Make food easier to take

• Soft, mashed and moist foods are easier to eat
• Grind meat and chicken or cut into smaller pieces for easier eating
• Drink with a straw if mouth is sensitive

IMPORTANCE OF GOOD NUTRITION:

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

Maintain body weight

• Eating well helps you maintain weight and increase strength.
• Eating well helps you regain weight lost during illness

Fight infections:

• Eating well helps fight illness and helps you to recover faster when sick
• Good nutrition reduces the time and money spend on healthcare

Need to eat well with HIV

• HIV and AIDS increases the body’s need for food
• People living with HIV and AIDS are more at risk for malnutrition

LIVING POSITIVELY:

NUTRITION AND PERSONAL HYGIENE

Eat with family and friends

• It feels good to be part of a family
• Eating outside in the fresh air increases appetite

Meet with friends

• Talking to others sharing the same interests or problems
• Take care of your own needs
• Go out into the fresh air and sun at least once a day

Regain lost strength

• Find enjoyment and spend time with family and friends

Be better able to work

• This will contribute to family income

Grow a garden

• Provides affordable and a variety of foods

LIFESTYLE AND CHRONIC DISEASES

Healthy lifestyles

• Do not smoke or take excessive alcohol
• Go to the clinic if you have chronic headaches or body weakness
• Comply with the prescribed treatment if you are diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes, epilepsy or asthma
• Take your treatment every day
• Collect your treatment every month at the clinic
• Going to work with uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes or epilepsy pose a safety risk to yourself and your team

MALARIA:

• What are the Symptoms of Malaria
• How can we prevent malaria?
• How can Evander Gold Mines help with the prevention and treatment of malaria?