Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 2001, para. 4a
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- [Actions to be taken by Governments, the United Nations system and civil society, as appropriate]: Call upon the international community, relevant agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their support of national efforts against HIV/AIDS, particularly in favour of women and young girls, including efforts at providing affordable antiretroviral drugs, diagnostics and drugs to treat tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections; strengthening health systems, including reliable distribution and delivery systems; implementing a strong generic drug policy; bulk purchasing; negotiating with pharmaceutical companies to reduce prices; appropriate financing systems; and encouraging local manufacturing and import practices consistent with national laws and international agreements, and particularly in the worst hit regions in Africa and where the epidemic is severely setting back national development gains;
- Legal status
- Negotiated soft law
- Body
- Commission on the Status of Women
- Document type
- CSW Agreed Conclusions / Declaration
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Women
- Youth
- Year
- 2001
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- CSW Agreed Conclusions, Women, the girl child and human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (2001), para. 4a.
- Paragraph number
- 4a
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