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   Photos (Left): UN Resident Coordinator Maria Jose Torres (middle) leading the candle lighting ceremony at the Health and Wellness Day; (Right) A group of young people disseminating HIV and AIDS related messages through a song at the Health and Wellness … Continue reading →

David Chipanta is the Senior Adviser of UNAIDS and also an active member of UN Plus. David will periodically contribute to the UN Plus newsletter and provide his views on living with HIV in- and outside of the UN system. For the … Continue reading →

by Martin Choo, MMedSc Martin Choo runs the Kuala Lumpur AIDS Support Services Society (KLASS) which delivers community-based services in Malaysia. He is a researcher and an HIV treatment advocate. He has been researching on issues concerning HIV in the workplace … Continue reading →

J.B. Collier Senior Environmental Specialist Environment & Natural Resources Global Practice World Bank Can you briefly introduce yourself?  I’m J.B. Collier, a Senior Environmental Specialist at the World Bank and currently Chair of the UN Plus Advisory Committee. I joined … Continue reading →

by Yoshiyuki John Oshima, UN Plus Global Coordinator In November 2017, I returned to my home town, Tokyo, where winter had just begun.  I arrived in Japan to accompany my boss who was invited to give a plenary speech at … Continue reading →

By Laurie Newell Laurie Newell has worked with the United Nations since 1998, at UNON, the UN System Staff College and UNFPA. Since 2006, she has led and managed UN Cares the UN system workplace programme on HIV and its related … Continue reading →

by Jane Sinyei-Amare Jane Sinyei-Amare is the UN Plus Coordinator in Kenya, once a chair of the global UN Plus Advisory Committee and an active member of UN Plus. She has been part of the workplace HIV program for the last … Continue reading →

Yvonne Kasine Human Resources Associate United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Kigali, Rwanda Can you briefly introduce yourself?  I am Yvonne Kasine, a Human Resources Associate at UNICEF Rwanda and UN Plus Advisory Committee member since 2013. I joined UNICEF in … Continue reading →

Personal Experience at the AIDS 2016 Conference in Durban, South Africa By George Njuguna (UN Plus Advisory Group/UNON) Acknowledgement I would like to thank UNAIDS Geneva for funding my trip to Durban and the UN Plus Global coordinator for nominating … Continue reading →