2. Content
1. Why UN Cares?
2. What is UN Cares?
3. How is UN Cares being implemented?

3. Why UN Cares?
• Estimated 1.4% prevalence among UN
Personnel; more than 1% at national level is
an epidemic.
• Ensure the UN system is “walking the talk.”
• Investing in prevention and care makes good
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financial sense.

4. What is UN Cares?
1. The UN system-wide workplace programme
on HIV
2. For the benefit of UN personnel and their
families
3. The
3 Th agreed i l
d implementation framework f
t ti f k for
the 1991 UN Personnel Policy on HIV/AIDS
4. Working
4 W ki partner with UN Plus
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5. Launch Event with Secretary-General
Secretary General
The Secretary-General
has stated his
commitment:
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“to make the UN a model
of how
the workplace should
respond to HIV”

6. UN Cares Background
1991 UN HIV/AIDS Personnel Policy adopted by Chief
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Executives of all UN organizations
Mid-90s Individual organizations develop and implement
to mid
mid- own programmes to ensure policy implementation
2000s
2003 UN Learning Strategy on HIV/AIDS work begins
2005 Discussions begin on “UN Cares” concept and UN
Plus established
2007 Formal approval by senior management
2008 Focus on communication and capacity-building
2009 Focus on furthering implementation and on working
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through partners

7. What is UN Cares designed to achieve?
• Designed to reduce the impact of HIV on the UN
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workplace. Supports “Universal Access” to a
comprehensive range of benefits: 10 minimum
sta da ds
standards
• Improves well-being for all UN Personnel and their
families: more access to prevention and treatment
• Efficiency with “Delivering as One” and
consolidation of gains

8. Implemented through…
through
• Global UN Cares Task Force
• Global Staff
• Regional Staff (2 full-time and 2 part time)
full time part-time)
• Country level Focal Persons and related
Country-level
teams
(276 trained from 117 countries in 2007 8)
2007-8)

9. Available Resources

10. • UN C
Cares W b it www.uncares.org
Website
• UN Cares Service Directory for HIV
• Living in a World with HIV: Booklet & Video
• Implementers Toolkit - Country level implementation toolkit
• Procurement and Distribution of PEP Starter Kits
• HIV e-Course Building Capacity :Theme Groups, JUNTAs
Module, Programme and Project Staff’s Module, Supervisors
Module, HR personnel’s module
• E-Workspace (for implementers)

11. UN Cares Website – www.uncares.org

12. Booklet – Living in a World of HIV

13. UN Cares Newsletter –
All Staff
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