Historical Perspectives from

CORE Group Members and the

Links for Life/FANSHA Process

Getting the Knack of NACS SOTA

February 22-23, 2012

The Road to NACS is Littered with

CORE Group Members…

Nutrition Working Group

HIV/AIDS Working Group

CORE Group emphasis on integration

Others?

Africa Forums ’06 and ‘09

FANSHA

Communities of Practice

in Malawi and Ethiopia

involving many CORE members

Another view of the elephant:

the Links for Life Initiative

“AIDS, hunger and poverty are

the ‘perfect storm’ threatening to

overtake all of Africa. Together

we can help turn the tide and

provide families living with HIV

and AIDS the tools and

resources they need to lift

themselves out of poverty and

create a healthier future.”

-- Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the

UN Millennium Project, at his

opening address for the Africa

Forum 2006

…enabling 220 front-

line workers from 16

African nations to

exchange ideas & learn

from each other about

how to integrate

HIV&AIDS, food,

nutrition and livelihood

programming.

FANSHA: Food And Nutrition

Security & HIV/AIDS Advocacy Group

In late 2006, PCI convened an advocacy group comprised of 43

members representing 25 organizations. Through monthly

conference calls and regular email communiqués, this informal

group, now known as FANSHA, has fostered information sharing,

strategizing and coordination focused on this critical topic.

The group’s overarching purpose is to strengthen awareness of

the interaction between food & nutrition insecurity and HIV&AIDS

with the aim of influencing key decisions and processes that

encourage reduced risk of HIV transmission and increased

resilience to HIV&AIDS

Walking further down memory

lane… International AIDS Conference in

Toronto, 2006

UNGASS June 2006 Declaration,

Article 28:

28. Resolve to integrate food

and nutritional support, with the

goal that all people

at all times will have access to

sufficient, safe and nutritious

food to meet their

dietary needs and food

preferences, for an active and

healthy life, as part of a

comprehensive response to

HIV/AIDS;

And further…

And many, many other steps along the way…

--Food/Nutrition and OVC Meeting in Rome, 2007

--WHO Regional Consultations on Nutrition and HIV held in

Africa and Asia throughout the mid-2000s

Thank you!