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: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Context
AIHA, through a Cooperative Agreement with the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), has established an "HIV/AIDS Twinning Center" (TC) to support partnership and volunteer activities as part of the implementation of PEPFAR.
Through twinning partnerships, volunteers, and supportive programs, the TC contributes to building local human and organizational capacity to address HIV/AIDS.
Goals and Objectives
In 2010, all activities in Botswana will continue with FY 2009 carryover funds. The TC implements the following partnerships:
Zambia Institute of Mass Communication Education Trust (ZAMCOM) in Zambia and the University of Kentucky School of Journalism and Telecommunications twinned with the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Botswana chapter to improve the quality of HIV/AIDS reporting conducted by journalists and media houses in Botswana.
Liverpool Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) Care and Treatment (LVCT) based in Kenya twinned with Tebelopele VCT in Botswana to improve the quality and accessibility of HIC counseling and testing (HCT) services available in Botswana.
The Foundation for Professional Development in South Africa twinned with the Botswana Christian AIDS Initiative Program (BOCAIP) to build the capacity of BOCAIP to deliver quality HCT services.
African Palliative Care Association (APCA) based in Uganda twinned with the Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) in Botswana to strengthen the capacity of IHS and other health training institutions to provide quality palliative care education and training for healthcare workers in Botswana.
The Twinning Center supports the Marang Child Care Network Trust (Marang) to strengthen the response to orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC) in Botswana.
Target Populations
Target populations for the media twinning
Journalists, NGO and CBO/FBO leaders, people living with HIV/AIDS, activists and advocates, policy and decision makers, the general public.
Target populations for HCT
Health professionals, care-givers, social workers, counselors, and those served by BOCAIP and Tebelopele. For palliative care (Adult Care and Support), health educators, students, care-givers in hospices and home-based care settings, social workers, and palliative care advocates.
Target populations for OVC twinning
NGO and CBO/FBO leaders in the Marang network, and those benefiting from the services provided by the network.
Total planned to reach through twinning activities
600, including 235 in palliative care (IHS), 185 through media twinning, 160 in HCT, and 20 in OVC.
Geographic Coverage
Nationwide
Leveraging Resources
With its volunteer-driven twinning model, AIHA is able to leverage the resources of participating partners not available through conventional contractual relationships. The Twinning Center fosters collaboration among partners and other organizations in Botswana and internationally which results in cost-sharing. Individuals placed through the Volunteer Healthcare Corps (VHC) provide their expertise on an in-kind basis for extended periods of time, have supported twinning partnerships in Botswana, and can support other areas such as laboratory and pharmacy.
Key Contributions to Health Systems Strengthening
Through twinning with APCA, IHS trains health professionals who will provide effective palliative care in health facilities, hospices, home-based-care, and other settings. The institutional capacity of BOCAIP is enhanced by participating in a facilitated strategic planning process with FPD and with the support of an organizational development specialist volunteer. With the support of LVCT, Tebelopele better manages its training programs and HCT services. Marang will better support its network of NGOs and CBOs providing services to OVC throughout the country. The media is capacitated to provide more effective coverage of HIV/AIDS and to provide training of local partners on advocacy and press relations.
Cross-Cutting Programs
Through twinning with APCA, IHS will educate and train healthcare providers across multiple disciplines who are able to provide quality palliative care.
With twinning support, Marang will be better capacitated and positioned to support the para-social worker ("community carer") model through future twinning initiatives.
Through the media twinning, local CBOs and FBOs as well as journalists will benefit from the advocacy and public relations training and community outreach.
Enhancing Sustainability
The Twinning Center program focuses on building the capacity of the local organizations and individuals within those organizations, ensuring their ability to sustain activities. Twinning activities are demand-driven, ensuring local ownership long-term. The Twinning Center liaises with appropriate ministry officials and works with local partners to ensure their activities fit into the Botswana policy framework.
Monitoring and Evaluation
All partnerships collaboratively develop work plans with objectives, activities, and indicators. Progress versus the work plans is regularly monitored by the Twinning Center.
The Twinning Center will ensure proper development and measurement of existing and new generation PEPFAR indicators.
An external evaluation of the AIHA Twinning Center program (Building Capacity from Within: AIHA's Twinning Program in Africa) was published in July 2008, which includes input from site visits to Botswana and extensive interviews with the partners.
10.C.CT08: AIHA - Twinning Centre - 100.00
One hundred US dollars of FY10 funding will be granted to AIHA to meet CDC Procurement and Grants regulations that require a minimal amount of new funding be awarded in order for a grantee to receive approval to use carryover funds.
