Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2013 2014

Details for Mechanism ID: 16669
Country/Region: Burundi
Year: 2014
Main Partner: U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: USAID
Total Funding: $0 Additional Pipeline Funding: $228,000

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.

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 (INSP) 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.

Mechanism Allocation by Budget Code for Selected Year
Health Systems Strengthening (OHSS) $0
Mechanism Target Information

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.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Safe Motherhood