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.
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This is a continuing activity. Gondar University (GU) is a local university PEPFAR partner located in north-west Amhara region of Ethiopia, which has the second highest prevalence of HIV. GU provides higher education to various health cadres contributing to the development of a skilled-health human resources workforce. GUs teaching hospital provides health services to the Amhara region population and serves as a technical support lead to regional health institutions and other health facilities providing HIV services. GU partners with the University of Washington (I-TECH) to build its own capacity to provide technical leadership, technical assistance and services to the region. A key focus for GU is to strengthen both medical pre- and in-service training. Ultimately, the goal is to have GU take over the responsibility to deliver a majority of the HIV/AIDS technical support to the region. GU documents best practices and analyzes its performance data regularly to guide program implementation and ensure cost effectiveness. The GU program supports the goals of the GOE's National Strategic Plan II (SPMII) as well as the GOE and USG HIV/AIDS Partnership Framework and Global Health Initiative.
The government of Ethiopia has placed emphasis on increasing the number of physicians and other cadres of health workers to be trained and deployed in all health facilities to meet ever increasing clinical service needs.
The purpose of this support is to increase the quantity, quality and retention of medical graduates with specific skills in order to address the health needs of the country. Health Science and medical colleges/schools are the major contributors to the development of skilled human resources for Ethiopias health workforce.
In COP 13, Gondar University (GU) will collaborate with ITECH will develop annual plans to improve the quality of medical education and retention of students. GU will strive to improve the quality of medical education by implementing different strategies such as faculty development, improving skill laboratories, strengthening e-learning systems, securing sufficient teaching equipment and books, organizing extra tutorial sessions for students and developing a performance monitoring system. Gondar University will build the capacity of academic staff through the establishment of a resource center to improve its pedagogical and effective communication skills. GU will also support the other new medical schools within the region with skilled instructors to improve the quality of education of the New Medical Education Initiative and IESO.
In-service training (IST) is recognized as key strategy for sustaining the competencies, morale and quality of the health workforce as they gain knowledge and skills that will improve their performance to achieve the desired national/regional objectives. Historically, PEPFAR Ethiopia has supported IST for large numbers of health care workers to improve the quality of HIV clinical service in the country. In COP 2013, Gondar University will strengthen its IST unit in partnership with ITECH and the Amhara RHB, will jointly develop an annual IST work plan. The university will also conduct a training needs assessment and identify priority HIV/AIDS IST areas in order to develop an annual work plan. Additionally the university will establish a training information system to monitor IST implementation. The university will coordinate with partners to facilitate PEPFAR supported, web-based continuing medical education at the university, in the community, and elsewhere in the region.
In COP 2013 GU will closely work with its partner to transition all pre and in-service training activities and implement all programs with minimal technical support from ITECH.
This is a continuing activity. GU will build its capacity to provide the necessary technical assistance to Amhara regional health bureau and health institutions found within the region. GU has a student body whose members approaching 16,000, of whom nearly 5,000 are in the faculty of medical health sciences. The 400-bed GU hospital serves a catchment population of 5 million and currently has nearly 4,000 patients on ART. The university having its own teaching hospital can get the necessary skills by providing mentoring and training activities to GU hospital staff before expanding its program to other health facilities within the catchment area. The university will strengthen its working relationship with I-TECH to benefit from their technical assistance. I-TECH will support the establishment of a training unit that helps to provide in-service trainings in partnership with the Amhara regional health bureau. The university will also strengthen the pre-service education for medical and other health professionals. Moreover, as the number of students using the clinic increases over time, it will be necessary to further enhanced the capabilities of the clinic and make it youth friendly. In addition to mainstreaming the HIV/AIDS program within the university community, GU will use the already existing mini media (AIDS resource center) to create awareness among students on the availability of ARV services across multiple campuses. Moreover, GU will continue strengthening the youth friendly STI/RH clinics under the university and increase the promotion and provision of condom use and HTC services across the university population. TB/HIV screening and management will be strengthened at GU student/staff clinics. GU will collaborate with I-Tech to initiate and conduct program evaluations and surveillance activities to generate data and improve performance of the HIV/AIDS program within the hospital and catchment areas. The grantee will document its activities, share best practices, undertake monitoring and evaluation of the program and play its part in the implementation of GHI.
