Conduct A Vitamin Drive
January 12, 2009
Multi-vitamins are a critical component in the clinical and nutritional care of PLWHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS). We distribute a free, three-months supply of multi-vitamins to each of our adult, and young patients seen at both our Bulawayo and Harare clinics.
Although we receive grant funding to purchase HIV/AIDS medication, we do not receive any funding to purchase these essential multi-vitamins. We constantly welcome donations of adult and children’s multi-vitamins to be distrubuted to our patients and clients in Zimbabwe. Should you wish to get involved in our vitamin collection efforts, feel free to conduct a vitamin drive in your community, and then deliver those vitamins to our offices or agent closest to you. When collecting children’s multi-vitamins, please do not collect the jelly-type chewable vitamins, as these may melt prior to reaching Zimbabwe. Please feel free to contact us with any questions you may have on this endeavor. We also welcome your ideas to help us better facilitate the vitamin drives.
- Download a printable USA Vitamin Drive Brochure.
- See who has already supported our Vitamin Drive.
Although the benefits of multivitamin daily supplements are accepted, there is a big concern about some vitamins and minerals, which may cause a deliterious effects in HIV patients. Iron and high dose Vit A supplements among the few in this category.
It would be good to add that though multivitamins have shown benefits for HIV/AIDS patients, doses of some vitamins and minerals higher than RDAs may actually be deliterious. High dose Vit A and Iron supplements are among the many supplementations currently not recommended. I hope to substantiate this comment by the supporting article but I got this information consistently.