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.
1. LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#7009) and TB/HIV (#6944).
2. ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is a non-profit organization with a history of over 50 years of working with government health departments to assure quality and consistency of laboratory methodologies, techniques, safety, and data management. APHL has developed and established mechanisms to coordinate the assessment and improvement of multiple parameters of international public health laboratory practice.
During FYs 2004, 2005 and 2006, APHL assisted the Kenyan Ministry of Health with the development and implementation of a national laboratory strategic plan, provided training in laboratory management, and assisted in initial efforts to develop a laboratory information system for NPHLS. The Laboratory Assessment Report and recommendations made by CDC and APHL in collaboration with the Kenya NPHL in 2005 together with the Laboratory Policy Guidelines, which are due to be launched by the MOH in September 2006, have formed the basis for development of the National Public Health Laboratory Strategic Plan (2005-2010). This is in line with the Ministry of Health Strategic Plan and that of the National Aids Control Program (NASCOP) and the National AIDS Control Council (NACC). During FY 2007, APHL will build on the first three years of support with primary focus on continuing support for implementation of the national laboratory strategic plan and expansion of capacity related to laboratory management information systems.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA Implementing the strategic plan will help strengthen the NPHLS laboratory network throughout Kenya. This will make the NPHLS better able to support the programmatic expansion of HIV prevention, care and treatment programs, particularly in the public health sector.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES This activity relates intimately to Kenya National Public Health Laboratory Services: Laboratory Infrastructure activity (#7003).
5. POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED APHL activities primarily target laboratory workers.
6.KEY LEGISLATIVE ISSUES This is a twinning activity.
7. EMPHASIS AREAS This activity includes major emphasis in the area of training and minor emphasis in the areas of laboratory infrastructure procurement of specialized equipment and reagents; development of laboratory policies, guidelines, and protocols for quality assurance schemes; and development and strengthening of networks/linkages and referral systems for external quality assurance schemes as detailed below.
