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: 2010 2011 2012
This activity will be supported completely by pipeline funds and will not receive any new funds in FY12.1. Goals and objectives: In line with PEPFAR II focus on quality, integration and sustainability of lab systems to support HIV-related activities, ASCP will continue supporting Kenya lab improvement toward accreditation using the WHO-AFRO step-wise approach. This approach is implemented through Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA), and continuous improvement projects and facility-based mentorships that cumulatively assist in improving lab operations to achieve 5-star WHO accreditation. Upon achieving this accreditation, labs will apply for international ISO 15189 accreditation as confirmation that all aspects of the labs operations will have improved. This will allow for sustainable and quality assured testing and patient care in the short and long-term. Specific objectives of this mechanism will be: 1)Train 50 SLMTA TOTs in Kenya, 2) Support SLMTA lab mentorship program and train 20 mentors in Kenya, 3) Support 7 lab staff exchange between Kenya and accredited labs in Africa, Asia and the US.
2. Coverage:This activity will be carried out in labs throughout Kenya, resulting in accredited labs manned by competent staff providing high quality lab testing services.
3. Transition to country partners: Training and mentorship will equip the Kenya lab professionals with tools to achieve and sustain accredited lab systems. Partnerships with local training institutions, universities and colleges, and professional associations will facilitate long term sustainability of all initiatives.No vehicles will be procured.
This activity supports GHI/LLC and is funded completely with pipeline funds in this budget cycle.
Since FY 2006, ASCP has had very productive partnership with CDC-Kenya, the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) and the Ministry of Health in the areas of in-country human capacity development and establishment of quality management system. Key accomplishments stemming from this partnership include; the review and implementation of the KMTC pre-service medical laboratory sciences training curriculum, support for the implementation of the curriculum at the KMTC and the roll out of the WHO-AFRO Step-wise laboratory quality improvement program in 13 national and regional laboratories, as a means of achieving the ISO 15189 laboratory accreditation approval.
In line with PEPFAR II focus on quality, integration and sustainability of laboratory systems to support HIV/AIDS-related activities, ASCP will use pipeline funding to continue supporting laboratory improvement through the WHO-AFRO step-wise approach. This step-wise laboratory accreditation scheme is implemented through a facility-based mentorship strategy called Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA). ASCP will also continue to support all SLMTA-related activities in targeted laboratories, including training SLMTA TOTs, SLMTA workshops, laboratory improvement projects and mentorship. To gauge the level of progress achieved by a laboratory towards full accreditation, laboratories implementing SLMTA will be assessed in a step-wise process using scores on the WHO-AFRO Laboratory Accreditation Checklist, the SLIPTA Checklist. Based on this assessment, participating laboratories will be assigned a score or star.
In terms of targets, ASCP will continue utilizing the pipeline COP 2011 funding to deliver the following for Kenya:
Train SLMTA TOTs: ASCP will train 50 SLMTA TOTs in FY 12. Trainees will be lab managers, QA officers, or technologists who will implement quality improvement in their own laboratories towards achieving ISO 15189 accreditation. Trainees will be taught the essentials of QMS with special focus on how to plan, implement, and evaluate the SLMTA process to achieve ISO 15189 accreditation.Support SLMTA Laboratory mentorships: ASCP will support Kenya to establish a structured mentorship program through which 20 mentors shall be trained in FY 12. ASCP will also facilitate all activities related to mentors travels and meetingsSupport laboratory staff exchange between Kenya and accredited laboratories in Africa, Asia and the US.
This is a country-wide activity whose success will be measured through the number of the number of laboratories attaining the WHO-AFRO star rating from 1 to 5.
