8.29. The objectives are:  (a) To prevent, reduce the spread of
and minimize the impact of HIV infection; to increase awareness
of the disastrous consequences of HIV infection and AIDS and
associated fatal diseases, at the individual, community and
national levels, and of the ways of preventing it; to address
the social, economic, gender and racial inequities that increase
vulnerability to the disease;  (b) To ensure that HIV-infected
individuals have adequate medical care and are not discriminated
against; to provide counselling and other support for people
infected with HIV and to alleviate the suffering of people
living with AIDS and that of their family members, especially
orphans; to ensure that the individual rights and the
confidentiality of persons infected with HIV are respected; to
ensure that sexual and reproductive health programmes address
HIV infection and AIDS;  (c) To intensify research on methods to
control the HIV/AIDS pandemic and to find an effective treatment
for the disease.