Sec. 101. Global HIV/AIDS-Free Generation Strategy

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The President, acting through the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, shall establish a comprehensive, integrated, 5-year strategy to expand and improve efforts to combat global HIV/AIDS, while promoting efficiency and maximizing results. The strategy shall be referred to as the Global HIV/AIDS-Free Generation Strategy . The strategy shall— accelerate progress toward achieving the United States goal of an AIDS-free generation; establish a limited number of measurable targets to accelerate reductions in HIV incidence and HIV/AIDS-related morbidity and mortality; strengthen existing and future compacts and framework agreements authorized under section 104A(d)(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151b–2(d)(8) ); strengthen engagement with diplomatic efforts at all levels of government to— continue to identify and promote linkages between efforts to combat HIV/AIDS and other health development issues and human rights issues; encourage and assist national governments to pursue policies and legal frameworks that facilitate and enable effective responses to HIV prevention, care, and treatment services; and increase financial accountability; and provide a plan to— support early diagnosis and initiation of HIV treatment to achieve accelerated reductions of incidence and morbidity; eliminate vertical transmission of HIV from mother to child and support early diagnosis and initiation of HIV treatment in infants and children; intensify efforts to expand access to voluntarily medical male circumcision, male and female condoms and other proven-effective HIV prevention interventions, in combination with other evidence-based modalities and structural interventions; reduce the risk of HIV infection and address the HIV-related needs of sex workers, men who have sex with men, transgender people, and people who inject drugs; increase gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs and services, including access to voluntary family planning and reproductive health services and reducing violence and coercion; expand partnership with implementers, researchers, and academic organizations to improve the science that guides the global response to HIV/AIDS; provide capacity development support to increase meaningful engagement of civil society, especially local indigenous organizations, that work in the areas of human rights, women’s and young people’s health and rights, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender rights, in the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of United States-funded programs; advance the efforts of developing countries to develop health systems capable of managing their epidemics, respond to broader health needs impacting affected communities, and address new and emerging health concerns; and defend, protect, and fulfill the human rights of people living with HIV and those most at risk of HIV infection.

In developing the strategy, the President, acting through the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, shall consult with— each executive branch agency administering United States foreign assistance related to— improving global health; strengthening financial management systems; and monitoring and promoting human rights and democracy; personnel at United States embassies and country missions involved in the administration of the types of United States foreign assistance described in paragraph (1); the appropriate congressional committees with jurisdiction over the agencies described in paragraph (1); civil society and nongovernmental organizations engaged in improving health care and health outcomes in developing countries, including indigenous community and faith-based organizations; international organizations engaged in improving health care and health outcomes in developing countries and of which the United States is a voting member, with which the United States coordinates the delivery of foreign assistance, or to which the United States contributes funding for the purpose of providing such assistance; academic organizations, private foundations, businesses, and other organizations engaged in improving health care and health outcomes in developing countries and not receiving United States funding for such purposes; other donor nations engaged in improving health care and health outcomes in developing countries; countries receiving health-related United States foreign assistance; any other global, regional, or subregional organizations or partnerships engaged in improving health care and health outcomes in developing countries; and small, disadvantaged, and women-owned businesses and United States minority-serving institutions, specifically historically Black colleges and universities.

Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report that sets forth the strategy described in this section.

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22 USC 2151b–2(d)(8)

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Sec. 101

Global HIV/AIDS-Free Generation Strategy

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