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HIV/AIDS: Principles and Strategies by the European Union

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Four Priority Strategic Objectives
  1. to reduce the spread of the epidemic while preventing discrimination and exclusion of people at risk of infection of living with HIV/AIDS
  2. to enable the health sector to cope with the additional burden of HIV/AIDS
  3. to lessen the impact of the epidemic on economic and social development
  4. to increase scientific understanding and know-how

Six Guiding Principles for Action
  1. adaptation to risk environments: measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic must be tailored not only to individual behaviour but also the social and structural factors which are the basis of risk exposure
  2. gender sensitivity: analyses and measures must take account of gender issues and special attention be given to women's problems
  3. respect for human dignity: coercive measures should be avoided and all forms of discrimination against communities and individuals prevented
  4. empowerment and responsibility: communities and individuals must be helped to asses their own risks and behaviour and make the appropriate choices
  5. integration into a wider framework: measures focusing on HIV/AIDS must be incorporated in social policy for education and health and in other aspects of development policy
  6. adaptation to the stage of the epidemic and rapid response: the response must be tailored to the real stage of the epidemic and must be as swift as possible
Source
'Development Cooperation to Improve Health in the APC Countries', Development, European Commission, DE 97, December 1998. Page 11.