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.
The rapid expansion and decentralization of HIV-related services, along with the increasing level of complexity of laboratory machines, demands appropriate attention to equipment maintenance... Assuming greater local responsibility for ongoing maintenance of biomedical equipment is included in the national laboratory strategic plan and policies under developed with the Government of Cameroon.There is a lack of formal curriculum-based training and a shortage of engineers, limited or no access to spare parts, heterogeneous equipment, and shortage of local capacity. One approach to addressing these problems is to develop a National Health Workforce on equipment maintenance. This approach ensures local capacity building, country ownership, and long term sustainability.Jobs are easily available in the public and private sector. These qualified individuals will help strengthen the health care workforce, thereby addressing the PEPFAR II objective of strengthening health systems and country ownership through training and retention of health care professionals and paraprofessionals. Another approach will also be to develop and implement national strategic plans, policies and guidelines for equipment standardization and maintenance. PEPFAR-Cameroon will partner with the national Polytechnic and other engineering institutions in-country to develop a standardized curriculum that looks at a holistic approach to equipment maintenance rather than the simple broke-and-fix model . It will require the provision of tools, test equipment, instructors and service manuals to guarantee quality results and long-term cost effectiveness.This mechanism will be monitored by the number of pre- and in-service biomedical engineers or technicians trained at the end of three years.
The purpose of this mechanism is to strengthen pre-service and in-service training of biomedical engineers or technicians through public training institutions in Cameroon.
This mechanism will support Government of Cameroon to establish and implement strategic plans and policies for equipment standardization, calibration and maintenance, as well as training of equipment maintenance engineers. This mechanism will also support longterm institutional capacity building for pre- and in-service biomedical engineers. It will require the provision of tools, training equipment, instructors and service manuals to guarantee quality results and long-term cost effectiveness.
