eee. Refrain from limiting access to contraceptives and other means of maintaining sexual and reproductive health, from censoring, withholding or intentionally misrepresenting health-related information, including sexual education and information, as well as from preventing people's participation in health-related matters. Sexual and reproductive health includes the right of men and women to be informed and to have access to safe, effective, affordable and acceptable methods of family planning of their choice, as well as other methods of their choice for regulation of fertility which are not against the law, and the right of access to appropriate health-care services that will enable women to go safely through pregnancy and childbirth, and provide couples with the best chance of having a healthy infant. fff. Promote research efforts on HIV/AIDS based on the African experience and tradition, and to support institutes of research in Africa working mainly in the field of determining the magnitude and extent of HIV infection and the underlying factors relating to HIV infection in order to direct responses aimed at preventing the spread of infection and alleviating its consequences specially on children and women. ggg. Ensure the inclusion of life skills programmes in curricula at all levels of formal education as part of preventive strategies for HIV/AIDS.xxii This should include creation of information centres on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other related infectious diseases and access by all sectors of the population, including people living with disabilities, to these centres. hhh. Institute measures to prevent transmission through transfusion of infected blood or use of contaminated needles and syringes or traditional surgical manipulation made with inadequately sterilised equipment. iii. Promote concessionary credit facilities to families, especially women in rural areas, and to promote food security and good nutritional practices as part of the response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Other Significant Diseases jjj. Eradicate poliomyelitis in Africa as an urgent priority and to make Africa free of the disease, through the allocation of adequate human, financial and material resources, including from non-governmental and the private sector. kkk. Raise awareness about cancer screening and prevention and to make available appropriate screening facilities. Sexual and Reproductive Health lll. Ensure reproductive, maternal and child health care based on the life cycle approach to health. This includes the rights of women to: 1. control their fertility and to freely choose when, whether and with whom they will have sex; 2. decide whether to have children, the number and the spacing of children; 31