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: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
The overarching goal of this funding announcement is to strengthen Cameroons National AIDS Control Committees (NACC) role in coordination and support implementation of comprehensive HIV prevention, treatment and care programs. Specifically the purpose of the program focuses on:
1. Strengthening basic Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV in support of Cameroons goal towards the elimination of mother to child HIV transmission. Using a "pass through" mechanism to NACC, PEPFAR's PMTCT plus-up funds will be used to finance local implementing partners in two Regions (Adamawa an East).
2. Providing technical assistance to the MOH to implement a National Strategic Laboratory Plan (NSLP), establish a national Public Health Laboratory and to support a functional laboratory technical working group.
3. Improving M&E and surveillance systems by enhancing the ability to use strategic information for program and policy development. Support will be provided to implement the national M&E plan, conducting surveillance surveys based in antenatal clinics or targeting most-at-risk-populations such as men who have sex with men (MSM).
4. Strengthening Cameroons blood safety programs ability to meet with the four key areas outlined in the WHO Aide Memoire on Blood Safety. This requires transition from collecting blood from paid donors and relatives to a not-yet-designed voluntary, population-based system of regular, low-risk donors.
Continue support to the Government of Cameroon in finalizing and disseminating five year Laboratory Strategic Plans (LSPs) to inform annual operating plans as part of their national and regional health plans. Capacity building of MOH lab staff within the National Public Health Laboratory and other laboratory guidance documents will also be supported.
Continue provision of TA and resources to NACC and partners in initiating one or more partners meetings to discuss implementation of the national Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan and a national M&E system coordinated according to the Three Ones , and updating and testing standardized M&E tools; Provide technical assistance (TA) to the National AIDS Control Committee (NACC), UNICEF, and the World Health Organization and partners, and resources to NACC in finalizing and testing standardized VCT, HIV and AIDS reporting, PMTCT, HIV care, ART, Blood Safety, Supply Chain management, and Laboratory test forms for Cameroon as the first step towards an integrated health management system; Regional capacity building through provision of resources and TA to NACC and UNAIDS in providing three trainings of regional trainers (7 days; in the North, Center, and South in Cameroon) in principles of M&E, data quality assurance, and use of the standardized M&E tools for measuring indicators in the national HIV strategic plan 2011-2015; Provide TA and resources to NACC (at national and regional level) in two targeted regions to provide central -> regional, regional->district, and district-> site training and supervision of data entry, data quality assurance using the new standardized forms in testing, care, and laboratory sites, and abstraction of data and evaluation of data in the new M&E tools at the district level; Build SI capacity within NACC through provision of hardware, software, and training at national and regional levels (in targeted regions) in data entry, data quality assurance, M&E, data storage, and data analysis
Finalize a national blood donor communication/sensitization strategy. Design and standardize donor screening protocol, including a self-assessment questionnaire and guidelines for blood transfusion; Design and standardize algorithms for testing of blood for HIV (separate from general HIV testing) and other transfusion-transmitted infections ; Establish a national blood transfusion system, in line with the recommendations of the 2008 Blood Transfusion Situation Analysis and the National Strategic Plan; and Develop quality indicators for each phase from collection to transfusion, including cold chain integrity; Continue establishment facility-level transfusion committees and data management systems; In collaboration with the DOD, continue to organize donor recruitment trainings targeting communities and youths (schools, health clubs) in a continuous cycle to build local capacity of donor recruiters; partner with Military Hospital/staff on activities above to increase blood banking and donor recruitment capacity within military medical system; and reinforce Blood Transfusion Services through training at national level and in targeted regions on quality management, effective clinical use of blood, and good laboratory practices.
Capacity-building and training of National and regional MOPH/NACC staff to enhance the quality of PMTCT across the country; Partially finance monthly supervisory visits to targeted regions by national/ regional MCH staff to health facilities and districts for supportive supervision.
