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Includes nutrition as a key component of treatment, including important new Body Mass Index target to ensure people with HIC are eating and able to adhere to medications.
Health Systems/Health Care Workers
Supports country-led five year health workforce plans to train and retain new health workers
strengthens health systems in host countries including hospitals, clinics, medical equipment, laboratories, supply chain management systems, and capacity building.
Provided technical and financial support, with countries and other development partners to achieve WHO-minimum health workforce densities of 2.3 doctors, nurses and midwives per thousand residents.
PMTCT:
Substantial enhancement of programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV with new coverage targets to reach 80% of pregnant women in countries most affected by HIV/AIDS
HIV TRAVEL BAN:
Eliminates the HIV/AIDS travel ban that prohibits people with HIV from entering the United States.
Authorization of Appropriations:
Authorizes a total of $10 billion annually to combat AIDS, TB, malaria, support the GFATM, launch stronger PMTC and AIDS-related nutrition programs, health workforce training and retention measures and health systems strengthening, and support for orphans and vulnerable children under the Act for FY 2009 to 2013.
Tuberculosis:
Incorporates H.R. 1567, the Stop Tuberculosis (TB) Now Act of 2007 sponsored by Mr. Engel.
Creates linkages and requires patient referrals between HIV/AIDS and TB programs.
Creates new strategy to stop TB by enhancing testing and treatment in countries with high TB rates.
Creates new strategies for attacking MDR and XDR forms of drug-resistant TB.
Provides assistance for the World Health Organization Stop Tuberculosis Partnership to meet WHO goals to cut TB deaths and infections in half by 2016.
Authorizes $4 billion in funding for stop TB programs for FY 2009-2013 out of the overall amounts authorized by the Act.
Malaria:
Requires the President to develop a comprehensive 5- year strategy to combat malaria globally and strengthen United States leadership against this disease.
Creates a new Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat Malaria Globally.
Authorizes United States contributions to the WHO Roll Back Malaria Partnership to improve capacity of countries with high rates of malaria to address the disease.
Supports Center for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health clinical research for new diagnostics, treatments and interventions to prevent, cure and control malaria.
Authorizes $5 billion in funding for programs to combat malaria for FY 2009-2013 out of the overall amounts authorized by the Act.
Microbicides:
Incorporates many parts of the Microbicides Development Act, which better coordinates US research efforts towards microbicide development.
Gender:
Calls for comprehensive U.S. strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls
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