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 12 2 STA T . 2 9 29 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 29 3—J UL Y 30, 200 8vulnerabi li t ie sofw o m en an dg irls to HIV/A I DS, in c luding —‘ ‘ ( i ) activities directed toward men and bo y s ‘‘(ii) activities to en h ance educational, micro - finance, and livelihood o p portunities for women and girls; ‘‘(iii) activities to promote and protect the legal empowerment of women, girls, and orphans and vulnerable children; ‘‘(iv) programs targeted toward gender-based violence and se x ual coercion; ‘‘(v) strategies to meet the particular needs of adolescents; ‘‘(vi) assistance for victims of rape, sexual abuse, assault, exploitation, and traffic k ing; and ‘‘(vii) programs to prevent alcohol abuse . ‘‘( O ) A description of strategies to address male norms and behaviors that contribute to the transmission of HIV, to promote responsible male behavior, and to promote male participation and leadership in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, treatment, and voluntary counseling and testing. ‘‘( P ) A description of strategies— ‘‘(i) to address the needs of orphans and vulnerable children, including an analysis of— ‘‘(I) factors contributing to children ’ s vulner- ability to HIV/AIDS; and ‘‘(II) vulnerabilities caused by the impact of HIV/AIDS on children and their families; and ‘‘(ii) in areas of higher HIV/AIDS prevalence, to promote a community-based approach to vulnerability, maximi z ing community input into determining which children participate. ‘‘( Q ) A description of capacity-building efforts under- taken by countries themselves, including adherents of the Abu j a Declaration and an assessment of the impact of International M onetary F und macroeconomic and fiscal policies on national and donor investments in health. ‘‘( R ) A description of the strategy to— ‘‘(i) strengthen capacity building within the public health sector; ‘‘(ii) improve health care in those countries; ‘‘(iii) help countries to develop and implement national health workforce strategies; ‘‘(iv) strive to achieve goals in training, retaining, and effectively deploying health staff; ‘‘(v) promote the use of codes of conduct for ethical recruiting practices for health care workers; and ‘‘(vi) increase the sustainability of health programs. ‘‘(S) A description of the criteria for selection, objec- tives, methodology, and structure of compacts or other framework agreements with countries or regional organiza- tions, including— ‘‘(i) the role of civil society; ‘‘(ii) the degree of transparency; ‘‘(iii) benchmarks for success of such compacts or agreements; and

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