The priority aims are: - reducing the transmission of HIV/AIDS and the spread of other diseases capable of being transmitted sexually or perinatally; - reinforcing health and social services so that they can cope with the growing demands of the spreading epidemic; - helping governments and communities to assess the e
pidemic's impact on different economic sectors and social groups, and to d
efine and implement strategies to cope with it; - developing scientific understanding of the epidemic and of the impact of measures, with a view
...[+++]to improving their quality, while excluding basic research; - combating discrimination against and the social and economic exclusion of persons infected with HIV/AIDS.