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: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
The African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) is a pan-African, professional, not-for-profit organization based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was established with the mission of advancing laboratory medicine practice, science, systems and networks in Africa to support preventive medicine, quality of patient care, and disease control through partnerships with governments and relevant organizations. ASLM has been officially recognized as an international organization by the Ethiopian Government. ASLM has a central cooperative agreement with CDC-Atlanta and recently launched its Vision 2020 to improve healthcare in Africa by strengthening laboratory services.
In order to strengthen laboratory systems in the African region in a stepwise manner, the WHO-AFRO and its partners, including the CDC and ASLM, have established the WHO-AFRO Stepwise Laboratory Quality Improvement Process towards Accreditation (SLIPTA). The SLIPTA framework provides a pathway that recognizes compliance with standards over time by breaking down the process into a series of specific implementation-friendly stages. WHO AFRO has signed a memorandum of understanding with ASLM for the implementation of SLIPTA in African countries. SLIPTA intends to encourage, support and recognize implementation of a quality management system (QMS) in medical laboratories so that African laboratories can provide safe, timely and accurate results for patient care and public health purposes.
ASLM will work with the Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI), CDC-Ethiopia, and other relevant partners to facilitate implementation of this accreditation scheme and for the establishment of a national system.
This is a new activity by the African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) to support the National Laboratory System of Ethiopia to establish laboratory accreditation systems and to evaluate and/or implement point-of-care tests. ASLM has a central cooperative agreement with CDC-Atlanta to support laboratory systems in Africa.
Ethiopia has enrolled 45 laboratories in the WHO/AFRO Step-Wise Laboratory Accreditation program. All the laboratories have completed three workshops on Strengthening Laboratory Management towards Accreditation (SLMTA). SLMTA is a structured and practical laboratory improvement tool that helps a laboratory to progress towards and prepare for accreditation. ASLM will work with CDC-Ethiopia, EHNRI and other partners to establish the system for recognition of laboratories enrolled in this process. Twenty Auditors will be trained and certified. The auditors will use established checklists to assess the laboratories at the end of SLMTA projects and will be given scores according to levels. Laboratories that meet star levels based on the ASLM auditors assessment will be given a certificate of recognition. ASLM can also use auditors from other countries for this purpose. Laboratories that receive the maximum star levels in the WHO/AFRO step-wise approach will be encouraged to apply for international accreditation. In addition, ASLM will play an advisory role and provide technical assistance to EHNRI/MOH to establish national laboratory recognition systems.
ASLM will support EHNRI to evaluate and/or implement Point-of-Care tests. Currently there are few POCs on the market and many in the pipeline that can significantly improve access to quality diagnostic tests in Ethiopia, especially for HIV and TB. ASLM will help expedite evaluation and/or implementation of POCs in Ethiopia through its collaborative regional centers across Africa. This includes facilitation of communication of evaluation results from other countries on similar products, technical assistance in developing protocols and evaluation processes, dissemination of results, and helping to plan the implementation phase.
