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CDC Division of Global HIV & TB country profile : Sierra Leone
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September 2022
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Description:The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began working in Sierra Leone in 2008 through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). A permanent country office, established in 2015, supports the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Health and Sanitation (MOHS). CDC’s HIV and tuberculosis (TB) technical assistance focuses on:
• Providing technical assistance and enhancing partner coordination at the national and district levels
• Implementing effective prevention programs by improving HIV testing and preventing mother-to-child transmission
• Strengthening surveillance, program monitoring, and evaluation
• Improving care and treatment services including HIV/TB diagnosis, and antiretroviral therapy
• Enhancing point of care laboratory testing for multidrug-resistant TB, extensively drug-resistant TB, and HIV/TB co-infection
• Building high-quality laboratory systems to support HIV and TB testing
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