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
The pharmaceutical system in Burundi is negatively affected by various challenging issues. The quality assurance for medicines as well as for other medical supplies is one of them. Although the National Institute of Public Health in Bujumbura has been recently accredited as a quality assurance center, it still needs capacity building and the PQM activity will bring its expertise in that process. The PQM activity will:
Strengthen the capacity of the national quality assurance center recently accredited and other national institutions involved in pharmaceutical management;
Bring its technical assistance in the development of key regulatory documents in the area of the pharmaceutical management;
Assure the consistent quality control/quality assurance of HIV-related products including medicines and reagents in the PEPFAR supported areas as well for the products from the Global Fund;
PQM will develop an annual work plan and will provide measurable indicators to track progress in this area.
The purchase of medicines, laboratory reagents, HIV test kits, and other HIV related commodities for the PEPFAR program in Burundi are bought by SCMS. SCMS makes sure that these products respond to the quality assurance requirements until there are shipped to Burundi. PQM will be responsible of assuring quality control and quality assurance of the products once in Burundi. It will work with the various institutions involved in the pharmaceutical management to build their capacity while contributing to the improvement of the regulatory package of the pharmaceutical sector. More specifically, PQM will bring its expertise in maintaining the efficacy, quality, and safety of medicines at all levels of the distribution chains and throughout their shelf life in promoting: (1) Good Storage and Distribution Practices WHO standards; (2) storage of medicines according to manufacturers specified conditions; (3) storage of medicines in appropriate facilities; and (4) quality systems. PQM will establish a quality monitoring program which will: cover all the products procured by PEPFAR funding and the Global Fund; perform random sampling from all levels of distribution, testing based on international standards in qualified QC laboratories. The sampling and testing processes will be based on good knowledge of compendial sciences and sampling approaches. For that, it will procure the required minilabs with all needed supplies and will train the relevant staff on sampling of medicines.
