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: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is a membership organization for African laboratory professionals. ASLM is committed to improving diagnostic services and increasing patient access to high quality laboratory testing across the continent. ASLM champions laboratory services with the goal of making a positive impact on treatment and prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases. It is a system for networking and information-sharing, as well as a resource for medical laboratory knowledge. ASLM also helps laboratories to meet international accreditation standards and is an accrediting organization for public health laboratories and a resource for laboratory practice and management
This mechanism will support two main areas:
1. Strengthening and mentoring local capacity, including laboratory professional associations, consultants, laboratory professionals and local NGOs. This will ensure local professionals and organizations take over activities in the future for sustainability and cost effectiveness.
2. Implementation of the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) through site visits, on-site mentoring, laboratory assessment and certification of laboratories that have undergone the Stepwise Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation (SLMTA). More than two thirds of laboratories have undergone SLMTA.
ASLM will conduct periodic visits to monitor supported laboratory activities and will also submit reports to CDC Botswana and CDC Atlanta. The Health Sector Laboratory Strategic Plan supports implementation of SLIPTA. ASLM’s work with local associations supports the GHI strategy of transitioning work done by overseas partners to local entities.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
