1.0 INTRODUCTION

During the National Dissemination meeting of the National HIV Anti-Stigma and Discrimination Strategy (2016-2020) held in September 2018, one of the main recommendations by stakeholders was that the Technical Support Units (TSU) should be capacitated to support/lead decentralized/ regional disseminations of policy documents.

It was in view of this that Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) as the Coordinating body constituted a Regional Core team known as Regional Policy Advocacy and Dissemination Team which will lead regional advocacy sessions and policy disseminations to ensure smooth implementation and monitoring.

After the formation of the Regional Advocacy Teams, there was the need for a training to orient the teams to ensure they are well equipped and capacitated with the requisite skills to effectively and efficiently undertake their roles to maximize impact at the Regional levels.

In view of this, training was held for members of the Regional Advocacy and Dissemination teams from five (5) regions namely: Greater Accra, Eastern, Volta, Ashanti and Central regions. The training was held on 7th June, 2019 at the Mensvic Hotel in Accra.

1.1 PARTICIPANTS

Members of the Regional Advocacy Team for each Region comprised of:

• Technical Coordinator (TSU) – Team Lead
• Ghana Health Service – HIV Coordinator or functional person
• CSO representative
• KP organization representative
• PLHIV community representative

1.2 PRESENTERS

The main presenters for the training were Mr Cosmos Ohene-Adjei, Director for Policy and Planning, Mrs Elsie Ayeh, Consultant, Dr Fred Nana Poku, Director of Technical Services and Mr Emmanuel Larbi, Ag. Director for Research, Monitoring and Evaluation.