PEPFAR's annual planning process is done either at the country (COP) or regional level (ROP).
PEPFAR's programs are implemented through implementing partners who apply for funding based on PEPFAR's published Requests for Applications.
Since 2010, PEPFAR COPs have grouped implementing partners according to an organizational type. We have retroactively applied these classifications to earlier years in the database as well.
Also called "Strategic Areas", these are general areas of HIV programming. Each program area has several corresponding budget codes.
Specific areas of HIV programming. Budget Codes are the lowest level of spending data available.
Expenditure Program Areas track general areas of PEPFAR expenditure.
Expenditure Sub-Program Areas track more specific PEPFAR expenditures.
Object classes provide highly specific ways that implementing partners are spending PEPFAR funds on programming.
Cross-cutting attributions are areas of PEPFAR programming that contribute across several program areas. They contain limited indicative information related to aspects such as human resources, health infrastructure, or key populations programming. However, they represent only a small proportion of the total funds that PEPFAR allocates through the COP process. Additionally, they have changed significantly over the years. As such, analysis and interpretation of these data should be approached carefully. Learn more
Beneficiary Expenditure data identify how PEPFAR programming is targeted at reaching different populations.
Sub-Beneficiary Expenditure data highlight more specific populations targeted for HIV prevention and treatment interventions.
PEPFAR sets targets using the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) System - documentation for which can be found on PEPFAR's website at https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. As with most data on this website, the targets here have been extracted from the COP documents. Targets are for the fiscal year following each COP year, such that selecting 2016 will access targets for FY2017. This feature is currently experimental and should be used for exploratory purposes only at present.
Years of mechanism: 2007 2008 2009
09.C.TB05: American Society of Microbiology - Technical Assistance on TB/HIV for laboratories
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS: Diagnosis of opportunistic infections (OI)
and sexually transmitted infections (STI) is an important component of HIV prevention, care, and treatment,
especially among HIV-positive individuals and persons who engage in high-risk behaviors. Botswana needs
to be supported in identification of opportunistic infections pathogens, because of limited microbiology
laboratory capacity. In FY2008, funds were provided to the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) to
strengthen TB diagnostics at the National Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory (NTRL) and to strengthen OI
and STI diagnostic capacity at the National Health Laboratory (NHL) and at the peripheral laboratories in
the country. FY2009 funding is requested for ASM to provide technical support to Botswana for clinical
microbiology with respect to clinical laboratory diagnostics for common OIs and guidance for expansion of
services of the NHL clinical microbiology laboratory as a National Public Health Laboratory. ASM will also
continue to support to the National TB Reference Laboratory for TB diagnostics and the TB external quality
assurance (EQA) program.ASM will provide support to expand core functions of the NHL Microbiology
Laboratory, improve surveillance of communicable diseases by providing training for detection and
identification of STIs, diarrhea outbreaks, respiratory outbreaks using molecular and automated methods,
and strengthen the monitoring of antibiotic resistance nationwide. The Botswana clinical microbiology
laboratory network activity with the national microbiology EQA program and the development of the national
AFB microscopy training and EQA program will all continue.
From COP08:
2007 Achievements
In FY07, funds were requested to strengthen TB diagnostic services at the NTRL and to evaluate the
capacity of the NHL and peripheral laboratories to diagnose opportunistic infection (OIs) and sexually
transmitted infections (STIs). The identified gaps and weaknesses will be addressed in FY08.
The technical assistance enabled the NTRL to improve its local organization and its capacity to provide
quality-assured TB microscopy, culture and drug sensitivity testing. The NTRL was enrolled with Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) External Quality Assurance (EQA) in 2006 as well as the South
African EQA program with the National Health Laboratory Service, enabling it to provide services for the
fourth national drug resistance survey (DRS), with FY2007 funding. WHO/CDC training material was
customized and produced to support the TB microscopy training program.
2008 Plans
National TB Reference Laboratory
FY2008 funding is requested for the ASM to provide technical assistance to the NTRL and the peripheral
laboratories to maintain and improve TB microbiological services, strengthen the EQA program for TB
microscopy by training local staff in preparing TB panels and smear microscopy for the EQA program.
National Health Laboratory: Local organization capacity development
Diagnosis of STIs and OIs is an important component of HIV prevention, care and treatment. Botswana had
significant difficulties in identifying the pathogen responsible for a recent outbreak of infant diarrhea, mainly
due to weakness of the microbiology laboratory capacity in the country. FY08 funding is requested for ASM
to provide technical support to Botswana for basic clinical microbiological services for common OIs and to
provide guidance for establishing a central microbiology laboratory.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 17653
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
17653 9861.08 HHS/Centers for The American 7836 5295.08 U62/CCU32511 $150,000
Disease Control & Society for 9: Capacity
Prevention Microbiology Building
Assistance for
Global HIV/AIDS
Microbiology
Laboratory
Program
Development
through
Technical
Assistance
Collaboration
9861 9861.07 HHS/Centers for The American 5295 5295.07 ASM $320,000
Disease Control & Society for
Prevention Microbiology
Emphasis Areas
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* TB
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $250,000
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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