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 12 2 STA T . 2 9 2 4PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 29 3—J UL Y 30, 200 8todev e l o pan d im plement poli c ie sf o r trainin gh ealth w or k ers to com b at HIV/A I DS, t u berculosis, and malaria ‘ (G) e q uip teachers with skills needed for HIV/AIDS prevention and support for persons with, or affected b y , HIV/AIDS; ‘‘(H) provide and share best practices for combating HIV/AIDS with health professionals; ‘‘(I) promote pediatric HIV/AIDS training for physi - cians, nurses, and other health care workers, through public-private partnerships if possible, including through the designation, if appropriate, of centers of e x cellence for training in pediatric HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment in partner countries; and ‘‘( J ) help partner countries to train and support reten- tion of health care professionals and paraprofessionals, with the target of training and retaining at least 140 ,000 new health care professionals and paraprofessionals with an emphasis on training and in country deployment of critically needed doctors and nurses and to strengthen capacities in developing countries, especially in sub-Saha- ran Africa, to deliver primary health care with the ob j ective of helping countries achieve staffing levels of at least 2.3 doctors, nurses, and midwives per 1,000 population, as called for by the W orld Health O rgani z ation; ‘‘( 5 ) include multisectoral approaches and specific strategies to treat individuals infected with HIV/AIDS and to prevent the further transmission of HIV infections, with a particular focus on the needs of families with children (including the prevention of mother-to-child transmission), women, young people, orphans, and vulnerable children; ‘‘( 6 ) establish a timetable with annual global treatment targets with country-level benchmarks for antiretroviral treat- ment; ‘‘( 7 ) expand the integration of timely and relevant research within the prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS; ‘‘( 8 ) include a plan for program monitoring, operations research, and impact evaluation and for the dissemination of a best practices report to highlight findings; ‘‘( 9 ) support the in-country or intra-regional training, pref- erably through public-private partnerships, of scientific inves- tigators, managers, and other staff who are capable of pro- moting the systematic uptake of clinical research findings and other evidence-based interventions into routine practice, with the goal of improving the quality, effectiveness, and local leader- ship of HIV/AIDS health care; ‘‘(10) expand and accelerate research on and development of HIV/AIDS prevention methods for women, including enhancing inter-agency collaboration, staffing, and organiza- tional infrastructure dedicated to microbicide research; ‘‘(11) provide for consultation with local leaders and officials to develop prevention strategies and programs that are tailored to the unique needs of each country and community and tar- geted particularly toward those most at risk of acquiring HIV infection; ‘‘(12) make the reduction of HIV/AIDS behavioral risks a priority of all prevention efforts by —

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