12 2 STA T . 2 9 2 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 29 3—J UL Y 30 , 200 8‘ ‘ (A)prom o tingabs tin e n c e f rom se xu a l acti v it y an d encouraging monogamy and fait h fulness
‘‘( B ) encouraging the correct and consistent use of male and female condoms and increasing the availability of , and access to, these commodities; ‘‘( C ) promoting the delay of sexual debut and the reduc - tion of multiple concurrent sexual partners; ‘‘( D ) promoting education for discordant couples ( w here an individual is infected with HIV and the other individual is uninfected or whose status is un k nown) about safer sex practices; ‘‘( E ) promoting voluntary counseling and testing, addic- tion therapy, and other prevention and treatment tools for illicit in j ection drug users and other substance abusers; ‘‘( F ) educating men and boys about the risks of pro- curing sex commercially and about the need to end violent behavior toward women and girls; ‘‘( G ) supporting partner country and community efforts to identify and address social, economic, or cultural factors, such as migration, urbani z ation, conflict, gender-based violence, lack of empowerment for women, and transpor- tation patterns, which directly contribute to the trans- mission of HIV; ‘‘(H) supporting comprehensive programs to promote alternative livelihoods, safety, and social reintegration strategies for commercial sex workers and their families; ‘‘(I) promoting cooperation with law enforcement to prosecute offenders of trafficking, rape, and sexual assault crimes with the goal of eliminating such crimes; and ‘‘( J ) working to eliminate rape, gender-based violence, sexual assault, and the sexual exploitation of women and children; ‘‘( 13 ) include programs to reduce the transmission of HIV, particularly addressing the heightened vulnerabilities of women and girls to HIV in many countries; and ‘‘(1 4 ) support other important means of preventing or reducing the transmission of HIV, including — ‘‘(A) medical male circumcision; ‘‘(B) the maintenance of a safe blood supply; ‘‘(C) promoting universal precautions in formal and informal health care settings; ‘‘(D) educating the public to recognize and to avoid risks to contract HIV through blood exposures during formal and informal health care and cosmetic services; ‘‘(E) investigating suspected nosocomial infections to identify and stop further nosocomial transmission; and ‘‘(F) other mechanisms to reduce the transmission of HIV; ‘‘(1 5 ) increase support for prevention of mother-to-child transmission; ‘‘(1 6 ) build capacity within the public health sector of devel- oping countries by improving health systems and public health infrastructure and developing indicators to measure changes in broader public health sector capabilities; ‘‘(1 7 ) increase the coordination of HIV / AID S programs with development programs;
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