Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§6812 African Crisis Response Initiative and Hiv/aids Training

Title 22 › CHAPTER 76 — ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES WITH LARGE POPULATIONS HAVING HIV/AIDS › SUBCHAPTER I — UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE › § 6812

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must include classroom training on how to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS when it provides military training to African countries under the African Crisis Response Initiative. Congress says HIV/AIDS is a security threat in Africa. It notes war and unrest can help spread the disease. The share of infected soldiers is unknown, but estimates in some countries are as high as 40 percent. Congress also says it is in the United States’ interest to help African countries fight HIV/AIDS.

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Title 22, §6812

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(a)Findings

Congress finds that—

(1)the spread of HIV/AIDS constitutes a threat to security in Africa;

(2)civil unrest and war may contribute to the spread of the disease to different parts of the continent;

(3)the percentage of soldiers in African militaries who are infected with HIV/AIDS is unknown, but estimates range in some countries as high as 40 percent; and

(4)it is in the interests of the United States to assist the countries of Africa in combating the spread of HIV/AIDS.

(b)Education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS

In undertaking education and training programs for military establishments in African countries, the United States shall ensure that classroom training under the African Crisis Response Initiative includes military-based education on the prevention of the spread of AIDS.

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22 U.S.C. § 6812

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110