penalty shall be from five (5) to ten (10) years' imprisonment and a fine ranging between one million (1,000,000) and three million (3,000,000) CFA francs. 3.4.4 – HIV/AIDS (Article 14 (1) (d)) 591. Several measures are being taken to provide people with the best means to protect themselves and to fight against HIV/AIDS. 592. On the legal front, government adopted in 2010, Law No. 2010-018 of 31 December 2010 amendening the Law of 2005 to protect people from HIV /AIDS. This law devotes a section to the protection of women. It provides prorgrammes for the prevention and care of HIV/AIDS for women (Article 45). Article 46 of the same law also gives the woman the right to refuse unprotected sex, even if the couple is legally married. 593. In practical terms, the State has taken measures and carried out actions at the political, strategic and programming levels.  At the political level  a National Health Policy (PNS) was validated in 2011;  National policy to fight HIV and AIDS: Vision 2020 was formulated in 2012.  At the level of strategies and programmes  National Health Development Plan (PNDS), validated in 2012, which covers the period 2012-2015 and is broken down into five programmes, the first and third of which are devoted to the reduction of maternal and neonatal mortality and the fight against malaria, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other communicable diseases.  2012-2015 National Strategic Plan for the fight against HIV and AIDS, validated in 2012: its vision is to have a Togo without new HIV infections and to mitigate the impact of AIDS on the population and especially on the highly vulnerable groups including women.  Programme to fight HIV among women in Togo: developed in 2010 and covering the period from 2011 to 2015, it enables the ministries in the sector to be involved in programmes to care for groups that are vulnerable to STIs and HIV/AIDS. 165

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