Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone --- Thursday, 19 June 2008 --- The Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the National AIDS Secretariat, organised a two and a half day ‘HIV and AIDS Mainstreaming’ training of trainers workshop for HIV focal persons of the Government’s twenty line ministries. The workshop took place in Freetown from the 19–21 June 2008.

The main objective of the workshop was to create a pool of trainers who understand the concept of mainstreaming, and who are responsible for introducing it within Government ministries, departments and agencies, as well as ensuring that HIV and AIDS become an integral aspect in the process of budget allocation, as stipulated in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP).