Abstract: Health is a human capital and itsvital in market production and non-market supplies, it is therefore, crucial that all individuals and households capitalize in health since it impacts wholly their capability for productivity and wealth generation. For PLHIV, optimum nutritioncan facilitate them to attain a healthful body mass, boost their immunity, put off disease and decrease time taken on admission to hospital. It assists the body to develop and sustain strength, enable treatments to function maximally and empowers them to deal with the side effects of drugs. Co-morbidities are widespread amongst PLHIV and majority are associated to health practices that are addressable by using dietary diversity and early control of opportunistic illnesses thus advancing health outcomes and eventually decreasing expenses (Becker et al., 2020)(Wiginton et al., 2022; Mbuli et al., 2022; Mutiso & Muthama, 2019).
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