UN Cares 10 Minimum Standards
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The UN Cares program establishes 10 minimum standards to reduce the impact of HIV in the UN workplace by supporting universal access to benefits for all personnel and their families. The standards help save lives, improve well-being, reduce stigma, and sustain the UN's capacity for its core work. They provide (1) information about UN policies on HIV, (2) information to prevent transmission and access services, and (3) training to reduce stigma and discrimination. The standards also provide (4) access to condoms, (5) voluntary counseling and testing, (6) insurance covering HIV expenses, and (7) confidential handling of personal information. Finally, the standards ensure (8) first aid using universal precautions, (9)
UN Cares 10 Minimum Standards
- 1. The UN Cares 10 Minimum Standards UN Cares is designed to reduce 1 Information about UN policies and benefits related to HIV. All Join us in our efforts the impact of HIV in the UN personnel and their families have access to information about workplace by supporting UN system policy, programmes, personnel rights, benefits, and to achieve full universal access to a their own responsibilities regarding HIV and AIDS. implementation of the comprehensive range of UN Cares Minimum benefits for all personnel and 2 Information about preventing transmission of HIV and accessing services. All personnel and their families have Standards across the their families. Known as the appropriate knowledge about how to protect themselves from UN Cares 10 Minimum HIV, and those living with or affected by HIV know where to UN system workplace Standards, these benefits: access good quality care, treatment and support. by 2011. Together we Help save lives and improve 3 Learning and training activities on stigma and can make a difference staff well-being, reduce discrimination. Measures are in place to combat stigma and for the UN, for UN stigma and discrimination, discrimination, and to increase gender awareness. and sustain the UNs personnel and family capacity to do its core work; 4 Access to male and female condoms. When high-quality condoms are not reliably and consistently available from the members. Establish a common private sector, access should be simple and discreet at the UN implementation framework workplace, either free or at low cost. to realize the UN Personnel Policy on HIV/AIDS; and 5 Voluntary counseling and testing. All personnel and their families are aware of where and how to access voluntary Serve as a model of the UN counseling and testing. reform process by Delivering as One an HIV 6 Insurance covering HIV-related expenses. All staff and workplace programme that recognized dependents have access to insurance coverage that builds on existing workplace allows them to access services for HIV prevention, treatment For a complete efforts of various UN and care. description of the 10 agencies, while eliminating 7 Confidential handling of personal information. All UN duplication of effort. Minimum Standards personnel with access to personal information maintain its confidentiality (such as HIV status or any other medical and their measurable condition). indicators, go to 8 First aid using universal precautions. All personnel have www.uncares.org access to first aid using universal precautions including the use of gloves and sterilized equipment. or contact the 9 Rapid access to PEP starter kits. All personnel and family UN Cares Global members have access within 72 hours to HIV emergency Coordinator at Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) starter kits and related care in case of possible exposure to HIV. info@uncares.org. 10 Managerial commitment. All UN managers assume leadership on the implementation of UN Cares. May 2008 UN Cares: The UN system-wide workplace programme on HIV www.uncares.org