Section 11Sec./Art. 11

Prevention Program. - There shall be an HIV and AIDS prevention program that will educate the public on HIV and AIDS and other STIs with the goal of reducing risky behavior, lowering vulnerabilities, and promoting the human rights of PLHIV.

The PNAC shall promote and adopt a range of measures and interventions, in partnership with CSOs that aim to prevent, halt, or control the spread of HIV in the general population, especially among the key populations and vulnerable communities. These measures shall likewise promote the rights, welfare, and participation of PLHIV and the affected children, young people, families, and partners of PLHIV.

The HIV and AIDS education and prevention programs shall be age-appropriate and based on up0to-date evidence and scientific strategies, and shall actively promote:

(a) Safer sec practices among the general population, including sexual abstinence, sexual fidelity, and consistent and correct condom use especially among key populations;

(b) Other practices that reduce risk of HIV infection;

(c) Universal awareness of and access to evidence-based and relevant information and education, and medically safe, legally affordable, effective, and quality treatment; and

(d) Knowledge of the health, civil, political, economic, and social rights of PLHIV and their families.