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.
Result: Improved management and implementation of the PMTCT program
Input
Under an ongoing University Technical Assistance Program (UTAP) agreement, the Botswana Harvard
Partnership will be funded to hire a laboratory technician. The Botswana Harvard Partnership conducts HIV
research in virology, vaccine trials, ARVs and PMTCT. The Botswana-Harvard Partnership also operates
the reference laboratory.
Activities/Outputs
A laboratory technician will be hired to be responsible for the management of the early infant HIV testing
PMTCT project in the Botswana Harvard Partnership laboratory which will lead to early HIV diagnosis in HIV
-exposed infants.
Outcomes
The expected benefit to the program will be the improvement in the human resource capacity of the PMTCT
program and the improvement in the quality of HIV care of infants and young children.
Result: trained relevant staff for equipment maintenance and proper operation
Input: The USG will provide financial assistance through a cooperative agreement.
Activities/Outputs: The beneficiary will:
•Provide technical assistance to HHS/CDC/BOTUSA and through HHS/CDC/BOTUSA to the MOH in
improvement of, expansion of, and quality assurance of laboratory science and service delivery for public
(emphasis) and clinical health via on-site consultations, teleconference participation, study tour
opportunities at U.S. public health laboratories and participation in public health workshops outside
Botswana.
•Serve as a member of the HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, MOH, and HHS/CDC-Atlanta laboratory team working to
monitor, improve and further develop Botswana's provision of laboratory services to meet Emergency Plan
objectives.
•Provide training and education in laboratory science and service delivery, e.g. laboratory management,
QA/QC, chemistry testing, hematology testing, and HIV testing, depending on the course, the audience, etc.
This work may be done in numerous ways: in partnership with CDC-Atlanta laboratory team members; in
partnership with other laboratory professional organizations and health, training and education
organizations; in partnership with another international laboratory organization; as an APHL effort; or any
combination of the above.
- Purchase laboratory equipment for labs run by the Ministry of Local Government that are
engaging in routine HIV/AIDS testing.
Specific activities will be determined by the MOH, HHS/CDC/BOTUSA, APHL, HHS/CDC Atlanta
Laboratory team.
Outcomes: The activities will ensure the availability of training and implementation of quality assurance
measures in HIV laboratories in Botswana.
