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: 2008 2009
This is a continuing activity from FY06 and FY07.
Mekele University (MU), located in Mekele Town (the seat of the Tigray region in Northern Ethiopia), is a
young university which has evolved into an institution currently providing high-quality training for students
drawn from Tigray, the adjoining regions, and other parts of the country. It offers training on general medical
practice, public health, nursing, and other mid-level training courses for different cadres of health
professionals.
MU is working closely with the Tigray Regional Health Bureau (RHB) and actively providing technical
assistance that supports planning and implementation of various health programs in the region. The
university is working closely with the teaching hospitals in Mekele and supports them in building capacity
that will enable them to provide referral services and support facilities in the catchment areas of the
hospitals. In tandem with regional initiatives currently being taken to strengthen and scale up HIV/AIDS
activities and the support with resources from national and international partners, MU is rapidly building its
capacities. As a result, various anti-HIV/AIDS activities have been started to mainstream HIV/AIDS
interventions in an array of training programs .
In FY05, FY06, and FY07, through technical support from PEPFAR Ethiopia's implementing partners, MU
and its teaching hospitals have initiated anti-HIV/AIDS activities and services among the university
community and hospital clients. The university is implementing plans it had developed to institutionalize
HIV/AIDS-related initiatives, and has currently established a structure and is putting systems in place to
initiate the implementation of a strong and broad-based HIV/AIDS program.
Anti-AIDS clubs have been established both among the students and the staff of the university. A number of
activities focusing on prevention, care, and treatment have been initiated and preparatory activities
undertaken to scale these activities in a major way. Mechanisms to strengthen the working relationships
with Tigray RHB and the Ethiopian Federal Ministry on Health have been put in place to support rapid
scaling up of HIV/AIDS program activities. The university is currently involved in discussions with different
agencies, including PEPFAR partners, to speed up planning, preparatory, and implementation activities. As
a result, MU and its teaching hospitals will be in a good position to expand their support to program
management in the regions and strengthen technical support to the health networks delivering ART and
other HIV/AIDS activities in Tigray and adjoining regions.
Through the support of Washington University/I-TECH, MU will further strengthen its coordination,
implementation, and monitoring capacity. The university and its teaching hospitals will expand their support
to the health networks delivering care and ART services in Tigray, Amhara, and Afar regions. The university
will strengthen its networking with the regional HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (HAPCO), RHB,
nongovernmental and faith-based organizations operating in the region, and will support involvement of
private hospitals in the HIV/AIDS response. It will take the lead to strengthen local partners to work towards
achieving the targets set. The university will have a strong working relationship with its USG counterpart.
MU will be in a good position to scale up its HIV/AIDS activities in a comprehensive manner, with due
emphasis on prevention, care, and treatment and on linkages among these program areas. Activities will be
expanded to address the needs of the university community and expanded further to involve the health
networks and partner organizations and other stakeholders.
For the university to establish itself as a long-term technical support center, it needs to build its managerial
and leadership capacities in FY07 and FY08. In FY08, in particular, a deliberate move will be made to
establish these capacities by offering the university the opportunity to handle directly the administration and
management of the technical and logistical arrangements required to support the health networks delivering
ART and related services. The university will, therefore, receive direct financial and technical support that
will enable it to establish the required experience through a cooperative agreement with CDC Ethiopia. MU
will collaborate with I-TECH and Management Sciences for Health, and will also undertake review meetings
with other local universities and stakeholders. This will allow the university to strengthen its engagement in
managing its HIV/AIDS program and its support to the national and regional programs. This will help the
university be in a position to takeover smoothly the technical support currently provided by I-TECH.
