Behaviour change and the use of antiretroviral drugs have been the main focus of most human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention and control programs, with minimal focus given to the role of nutrition. Additionally, women are affected the most and have the responsibility to care for other family members.
The majority of the respondents in this study were less than 40 years (70%), married (67.2%), and had at least a secondary education (83.0%). The majority (59.7%) of the women earned less than USD 200 per month. Although knowledge of nutrition and attitude was poor, nutritional practices were good. Older womenwho were married and had at least a secondary education were found to have better knowledge of nutrition than their younger peers who were single and less educated. Education was also found to positively influence nutritional practice as having at least a secondary education was found to be significantly associated with good nutrition.