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TARGETSFor individualsBy 2010:• The proportion of people with HIV living inpoverty drops.• The proportion of people living with HIVdependent on food banks drops.• The proportion of people living withHIV who have affordable, appropriatehousing increases.• The proportion of people living with HIVwho report that they have strong socialsupport networks increases.• The proportion of people living withHIV who report that they have access toflexible employment opportunities thataccommodate HIV increases.• The proportion of people living with HIVwho have untreated depression drops.• The number of reports of incidents ofstigma and discrimination in housing,employment, health care settings or othersituations drops.• The proportion of people with HIVwho report feeling stigmatized by theirillness drops.• Gay men, Aboriginal people and peoplefrom countries where HIV is endemicwho are living with HIV receive moresupport within their own ethnic orcultural communities.• The proportion of Canadians who arecomfortable working with someone whohas HIV increases from 70% to 90%.• The proportion of Canadian parents whoare comfortable having their childrenattend school with a student who has HIVincreases from 57% to 80%.For organizations and communitiesBy 2010:• Organizations develop programs to reducethe social inequities driving the epidemic.• Communities at risk (e.g., people who useinjection drugs, Aboriginal people, peoplefrom countries where HIV is endemic, peoplein correctional facilities) report measurableimprovements in their access to appropriate,comprehensive health and social services,including housing, income and healthpromotion/harm reduction programs.• Organizations that provide services topeople with HIV and communities at riskreceive support in reducing HIV-relatedstigma and discrimination experienced bytheir communities.• Communities at risk develop and implementstrategies to increase social support fortheir members living with HIV.For governmentsBy 2010:• Governments have implemented long-termsustained plans to address HIV-relatedstigma and discrimination.• HIV/AIDS is on the agenda of intergovernmentaldiscussions about health andwell-being, particularly those focussedon inner cities.• Governments have developed concreteplans to change any policies or laws thathinder efforts to stop the epidemic.• Governments have taken significant stepsto adopt a health and human rightsapproach (as opposed to a criminal lawapproach) to drug use.• Governments create opportunities forgreater involvement of PHAs in governmentdecisions, organizations and programs.ACTIONSHuman rights2.1 Pursue collaborative initiatives – locally,provincially, territorially and federally – toraise awareness of the underlying factorsthat contribute to the epidemic and todevelop support for change.2.2 Enforce legislation, policies and othermeasures designed to protect the rights ofpeople with HIV, and use other measures,including communication and education,to make the public aware of humanrights issues.28.