An article on UN Cares and UN Plus appears in the recently published UN Special, the magazine of the international staff in Geneva. The article was written by colleagues working on UN Cares in Geneva. To read the article, click here ... As the H1N1 influenza strain continues to to be covered in the media, many people are wondering about the links for people living with HIV. Below you will find a link to UNAIDS which gives you a quick overview and also connects you to the World Health Organization's documentation and website on the issue. People living with HIV should be careful - as we all should - to minimize exposure to the flu, including H1N1, by practicing basic precautions such as hand washing. This is particularly important if your immune system is weak and you are not currently on ARV. Click here for more information Following the launch of UN Cares - The UN system-wide workplace programme on HIV - in May of 2008, UN Cares now has in place two full-time regional coordinators (East and Southern Africa and Asia and the Pacific) and one global coordinator, based in NY (hosted by UNFPA). UNICEF, UNDP and UNHCR have also given staff time to help support the remaining regions. Although funding has been tight, in part due to the global financial crisis, we continue to reach out to serve UN personnel worldwide. It remains our priority to meet the priority of the Secretary-General, BAN Ki-moon, "to make the UN a model of how the workplace should respond to HIV." To read the full text of his remarks at the launch, click here. Conversations for Change is a self-help tool designed by UN colleagues to help us in coping with stress and managing change in our ever evolving world and work environments. It is broken into six conversations, with the idea of either working through one chapter at a time (for example, one per week) or choosing the chapters that you think are useful to you, and includes techniques to build self- awareness, relieve and prevent stress, increase effectiveness in relationships and improve money management skills. Please note: The World Bank Group s course: MONEY MATTERS. Budgeting: Developing a Financial Road Map is complementary to the content of the third conversation on money mastery.

Each chapter is constructed as a conversation on a theme and includes interactive exercises; each conversation begins with a metaphorical story to get you thinking. Interspersed are experiences from your colleagues about their struggles and successes. The three over-arching topics of the course are: improving personal well-being, increasing effectiveness in our work lives and coping better with issues relating to HIV. Whether you work through this tool on your own, with another colleague (in person or virtually) or in a group, our hope is that it will help you find solutions for coping better with stress in our complex lives. We are also pleased to offer this tool in French and Spanish as well. Click here to download the PDF file, Conversations for Change (3.5MB).

Review the basic facts about HIV and AIDS   Topics include transmission, prevention, treatment, post exposure prophylaxis, counselling and testing, ways to respond to HIV and AIDS, and effective use of condoms. Emergency Treatment   URGENT: in case of potential exposure, find out about Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and visit our Medical Directory to find a clinic near you. Living positively with HIV and AIDS   Learn about nutrition and exercise, HIV and AIDS treatment, people living with HIV, and how the UN is helping. A variety of issues related to HIV and AIDS   We discuss HIV and gender, issues pertaining to drugs and alcohol, coping with loss, and wills and living wills.

What is UN Cares?   UN Cares is an inter-agency programme designed to reduce the impact of HIV on the UN workplace. It includes the UN Cares 10 Minimum Standards. Click here to read our Fact Sheets and learn more. HIV and AIDS in the UN workplace   We discuss the UN personnel policy, ILO code of practice, UN Programmes, the workplace environment , what employees know, voices of people, insurance, UN medical services and traveling for the UN. Managing HIV and AIDS in your personal life   Toics covered include how to talk to your partner, and your children, resources for youth, and information for caregivers. Download the booklet, Living in a World with HIV Download and read our official brochure that contains information for employees of the UN system and their families.

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