What is HIV and AIDS?

We include HIV briefing info into
staff induction.
We develop HIV&AIDS policy to
protect and support our staff and
volunteers.
We need to train some of our staff
to become professional
HIV&AIDS workers.
We need to initiate HIV&AIDS
prevention and care projects.
We need to develop into a
professional HIV&AIDS
organization in order to
mainstream HIV.
We make HIV information
available to our beneficiaries.
We make HIV information
available to our volunteers.
HIV Mainstreaming
placements/roles.
Providing information to new
staff is a part of a prevention
strategy to protect staff. This
prevention work could be an
element of the organisation’s
HIV workplace policy.
HIV Mainstreaming Having a workplace policy
represents the organisation’s
commitment to HIV prevention,
care and support. Each
organisation must develop its
own policy in relation to its own
context. See workplace policy
section for more information.
HIV Focused work Becoming HIV and AIDS
HIV Focused work
experts is not the aim of
mainstreaming. Being equipped
with knowledge and skills to
protect yourself is important as
well as understanding the wider
impacts of HIV.
Developing HIV projects is not
mainstreaming. The aim of
HIV Focused Work
mainstreaming is not to change
the focus of work but to look at
the wider impacts of your work
from a different perspective.
The aim of the organisation
does not change in
mainstreaming. There is no
need to develop into a new
organisation with a new focus
but to make changes to reduce
your organisation’s
vulnerabilities to HIV.
Integration Providing accessible and
accurate information is an
important first step. This can
increase basic knowledge and
dispel any myths about HIV.
HIV Mainstreaming Providing accessible and
accurate information is an
important first step. This can
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