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: 2012 2013 2014 2015
Through this mechanism AFENET will:Objective 1Provide support for development of laboratory leadership through facilitation of exchange programs to strengthen international and regional laboratory networking and the sharing of information on best practices in laboratory management and practice.
Objective 2Support quality systems management through training of regional laboratory assessors for African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and facilitation of objective laboratory assessments on WHO step-wise accreditation by Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine assessors. This international assessment will enable benchmarking of quality systems with other laboratories in the region. This activity will advance professional laboratory medicine practice and networks in Africa needed to support preventive medicine, quality care of patients, and disease control through partnerships with governments and relevant organizations.This activity will contribute to the number of accredited laboratories- 20.
Objective 3Establish a platform for conducting short course trainings through virtual modalities such as webinars and e-learning modules that would serve to increase epidemiological and laboratory management capacity among mid level public health workers from national and county levels as well as provide systemic opportunities for continued education among FELTP-K graduates and other epidemiologists or scientists within public health and academic sectors in Kenya.
Coverage:All AEFENET activities will be entrenched in MOH facilities and laboratories. Partnerships with local professional associations will be developed to facilitate long term sustainability of all initiatives
No vehicles will be procured in this activity.This activity supports GHI/LLC.
The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) will provide support for development of laboratory leadership through facilitation of exchange programs to strengthen international and regional laboratory networking and the sharing of information on best practices in laboratory management and practice. This activity will facilitate collaboration of South-South and North-South partnerships to mobilize resources for laboratory systems strengthening. The new crop of laboratory leaders will advocate for public health laboratory strengthening to increase access and the quality of laboratory services for all people in Kenya. Strong laboratory capacities in the region are essential for monitoring antimicrobial resistance, disease outbreaks and diagnosing highly infectious diseases such as: viral hemorrhagic fever, MDR/XDR TB. Strong laboratory leadership will enhance political commitment and ensure adequate and sustained funding for laboratories.
AFENET will support quality systems management through training of regional laboratory assessors for African Society of Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) and facilitation of objective laboratory assessments on WHO step-wise accreditation by Africa Society for Laboratory Medicine assessors. This international assessment will enable benchmarking of quality systems with other laboratories in the region. This activity will advance professional laboratory medicine practice and networks in Africa needed to support preventive medicine, quality care of patients, and disease control through partnerships with governments and relevant organizations. This activity will contribute to the number of accredited laboratories- 20.
Transition to country partners:All AFENET activities will be entrenched in MOH facilities and laboratories. Partnerships with local professional associations will be developed to facilitate long term sustainability of all initiatives.No vehicles will be procured in this activity.
The African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET) supports one of the key pillars of health system strengthening, Human Resources for Health. Like many countries, Kenya has a shortage of public health professionals graduating from training institutes.AFENET supports African nations in building strong, effective, and sustainable capacity in field epidemiology, public health, laboratory management, surveillance, disease outbreak response, investigation and prevention, and improves public health systems through training and networking. AFENET will support public health issues including health leadership and management, HIV quality assurance, and Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTPs) in collaboration with Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT). COP 12 funds will facilitate expansion of the programs reach to mid level public health workers and establish a formal process for continued education of the trained cadre. A virtual FELTP/JKUAT campus that will serve as a training center for strengthening epidemiology and laboratory management training in Kenya will be established. Support to the FELTP program will have broad health systems benefits across all programs not just to the HIV program as these public health professionals will work to address other public health priority problems in the decentralized health system.The specific objective of this mechanism is to establish a platform for conducting short course trainings through virtual modalities such as webinars and e-learning modules that will serve to increase epidemiological and laboratory management capacity among mid level public health workers from national and county levels as well as provide systemic opportunities for continued education among FELTP-K graduates and other epidemiologists or scientists within public health and academic sectors in Kenya. The proposed curriculum will include topics such as grant writing, monitoring and evaluation, biosafety, laboratory quality management systems, project management, and epidemiology for laboratorians. The virtual campus will provide students and staff access to key journals in public health, including specialized HIV/AIDS journals. The virtual campus will also function as a learning resource for the larger East African community including other countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, and South Sudan. Key technical positions at MOPHS, the Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases of JKUAT working to address the HIV epidemic in Kenya will be targeted with deliberate incorporation of training modules and short courses useful for control and prevention of HIV in the country. In addition this mechanism will provide field level support to FELTP graduates and trainees at site level to ensure they have the tools and the skills to operate effectively.Key deliverables:1. FELTP/JKUAT virtual campus established and operational 2.Twenty e-learning modules adapted to local circumstances and implemented 3.Twenty FELTP modules adapted into webinar format 4.500 public healthcare workers (two from each county) and scientists trained on epidemiology, laboratory management and management topics through short course training and e-learning modules5.FELTP practitioners supported to operate effectively at site level
The indicator used will be # of health care workers who graduated from a pre service training course. The program will be monitored by JKUAT.
