(hh) Reaffirm that access to medication in the context of
(cc) Assess and respond to the needs for integrated
human resources at all levels of the health system,
in order to achieve Millennium Development Goal 6
and the targets of the Declaration of Commitment
on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/
AIDS, and take actions, as appropriate, to effectively
govern the recruitment, training, deployment and
retention of skilled health personnel in prevention,
treatment, care and support for those infected and
affected by HIV/AIDS;
pandemics, such as HIV/AIDS, is one of the fundamental elements to achieve progressively the full
realization of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical
and mental health;
(ii) Recognize the increased feminization of the HIV/
AIDS pandemic and ensure that existing HIV/AIDS
policies, strategies, resources and programmes at
all levels are reviewed and adapted to ensure that
they contribute to empowering women and reducing their vulnerability to HIV/AIDS;
(dd) Ensure that adequate investments are made to
strengthen efforts through, inter alia, the allocation of resources to provide quality, accessible and
affordable public services, including education,
health and other social services which incorporate
gender equality as a basic principle;
(jj) Integrate gender perspectives into national HIV/
AIDS policies and programmes, as well as into
national monitoring and evaluation systems,
taking into account the caregiving responsibilities
of both women and men, including in community,
family and home-based care, and ensure the full
and active participation of caregivers, in particular
women, including those living with HIV/AIDS, in
decision-making processes;
(ee) Increase the availability, access to, and use of critical
public infrastructure, such as transportation, the
provision of a safe, reliable and clean water supply,
sanitation, energy, telecommunications and affordable housing programmes, in particular in poverty-stricken and rural areas, to reduce the burden of
care on households;
(kk) Develop multisectoral policies and programmes
and identify, strengthen and take all necessary
measures to address the needs of women and
girls, including older women and widows, infected
with or affected by HIV/AIDS, and those providing
unpaid care, especially women and girls heading
households, for, inter alia, social and legal protection, increased access to financial and economic
resources including microcredit and sustainable
economic opportunities, education including
opportunities to continue education, as well as
access to health services, including affordable
antiretroviral treatment, and nutritional support;
(ff) Significantly scale up efforts towards the goal of
universal access to comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention programmes, treatment, care and support
by 2010, and the goal of halting and reversing
the spread of HIV/AIDS by 2015, and ensure that
those efforts promote gender equality and take
into account the caregiving responsibilities of both
women and men;
(gg) Reaffirm that the full realization of all human rights
and fundamental freedoms for all is an essential
element of the global response to the HIV/AIDS
pandemic, and ensure that in all national policies
and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support is given to
women and girls at risk of, infected with or affected
by HIV/AIDS, including young and adolescent mothers, and recognize that, inter alia, preventing and
reducing stigma and discrimination, eradicating
poverty and mitigating the impact of underdevelopment are critical elements to achieve the internationally agreed goals in this regard;
(ll) Emphasize the importance of HIV prevention as a
long-term strategy to reduce the number of new HIV
infections and, consequently, to reduce the burden
of caregiving responsibilities on both women and
men through universal access to comprehensive
prevention, treatment, care and support programmes,
including sexual and reproductive health and services,
and to increase access to voluntary and confidential
counselling and HIV testing, investments in HIV/AIDS
and sex education and awareness, based on full and
accurate information in a manner consistent with
the evolving capacities of the child, with appropriate
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