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Mathematical modelling of the potential role of supplementary feeding for people living with HIV/AIDS

International Journal of Applied and Computational Mathematics, ISSN: 2199-5796, Vol: 5, Issue: 3
2019
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Nutrition plays a critical role in care, support and treatment of HIV infected individuals. In this paper, an HIV/AIDS mathematical model that incorporates supplementary feeding is formulated and analysed using the system of ordinary differential equations. The model has two equilibria, the disease-free equilibrium and endemic equilibrium. Analytical analysis of the model shows that the disease-free and endemic equilibria are globally stable for R < 1 and R > 1 respectively. Numerical simulations are done to show the role of some key model parameters as well as to verify some analytical results. The results of the study show that supplementary feeding taken concurrently with antiretroviral treatment can control the HIV/AIDS transmission by reducing the reproduction number thus leading to the disease control.

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