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.
Goals and objectives for TBD partner in DR Congo:
The goal of the partner is to contribute to the national fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and opportunistic infections (OIs) by strengthening local capacity to conduct quality laboratory testing and therefore reduce the spread of the epidemics.
Specific objectives of the parter: Assess overall needs and gaps in laboratory diagnosis services for HIV/AIDS, TB, and OIs, develop diagnostic algorithms and train local staff in old and new methods of TB and OI diagnostics.
The partner provides laboratory capacity building assistance for HIV/AIDS program development through technical assistance (TA). The partner's overall objective is to strengthen laboratory diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, TB and other opportunistic infections (OIs) through human resource capacity development for laboratory diagnosis. The partner addresses microbiological laboratory capacity-building need in DR Congo in two focus areas: (1) strengthening laboratory organizational and technical infrastructure, especially as it relates to training of laboratory personnel and development of processes of Quality Management Systems in the laboratory setting; and (2) assuring the quality of laboratory testing for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and other opportunistic infections, including malaria, by instituting systematic approaches to delivering clinical microbiology services to HIV/AIDS, TB, and Opportunistic Infection (OI), prevention, treatment and care programs.
The partner has a large cadre of Francophone consultants, staff, and training materials. They are providing support for TB and microbiology in multiple francophone countries through the CDC and have
established formal relationships with other partners in the region, such as the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), UNITAID, and the TB Union. The partner is also currently developing a francophone TB liquid culture, drug susceptibility testing, and identification course that will be rolled out in Cote d'Ivoire in the coming year in collaboration with the CDC through African Centre for Integrated Laboratory Training. Furthermore, the partner is collaborating with FIND to translate a line-probe assay course that may be rolled out in countries such as D.R. Congo.
Geographic coverage: Although the partner will work with national/central level agencies and partners, health care providers and laboratorians at the district/health zone levels will benefit from new and/or revised diagnostics algorithms and trainings in new and old diagnostic methodologies.
M&E plan The partner will develop an evaluation and monitoring plan that ensures the successful implementation and execution of proposed activities such as adequate number of laboratorians have been training and diagnostics algorithms are accepted and shared among all relevant laboratories.
The partner will provide technical assistance to the PNLS and the national reference laboratory to
develop capacity related to the diagnosis of HIV and OIs. A clinical microbiologist will perform a
laboratory gap analysis to identify current needs and discuss and harmonize national policies and
procedures related to the diagnosis of HIV and OIs. Two microbiologists will provide technical assistance
to the national reference laboratory to train laboratory technicians on clinical microbiology procedures,
develop appropriate laboratory standards and procedures and begin developing a quality assurance
program for microbiology.
