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 2013 2014 2015
ASCP works in affiliation with in-country partners to progressively build capacity of local and national groups to respond to the global HIV and AIDS epidemic. With the aim of sustainability, ASCP is focused on achieving CDC-Atlantas established performance goals of developing, customizing, and deploying country-specific in-service training packages for lab testing and accreditation; continuing education; and (as in Lesotho) mentorship/technical assistance support and pre-service curricula for schools of medical technology.
In Lesotho, ASCPs Technical Assistance for Pre-Service strengthens the knowledge and core competencies of tutors, students, and partners of the National Health Training Colleges (NHTC) lab science programs. The next steps involve implementing the newly revised MLS curriculum. These steps are guided by close collaboration with CDC-Lesotho, NHTC, and MOH. For example, MOH directed that NHTC increase enrollment of students from 20 to 30. This directive challenges NHTC to adequately equip the extra students with teaching staff and training aids. ASCP will also support curriculum development of a mid-level training program designed to provide rapid capacity-building.
With the primary goal of preparing students for the work of clinical lab professionals, the planned scope of work for the next two years involves strengthening the implementation of the new curriculum and improving the quality of the overall medical lab education at NHTC: Teaching Methodology Technical Assistance/Mentorships; Continuing Education; Equipment and teaching aids. Once approved, the design of the mid-level program will include a Stakeholders' Meeting, Curriculum Development Workshops, Technical Assistance/Teaching Methodologies and Faculty Mentorship Workshops.
Content Development Workshops: Involve small group task-based assignments and large group discussions of challenges, strategies, and best teaching practices of implementing curriculum. This includes lesson planning, using PowerPoint, and writing exams in accordance with competency based objectives.
Teaching Methodologies and Mentorships: To enable faculty to integrate new techniques. They also help to assess strengths and gaps of curriculum implementation. The participants will also observe model classroom lectures, lab demonstration and peer presentations and the opportunity to review, revise, and complete the Clinical Assessment Checklist/ Training.
Grant Writing & Publishing Workshop: addresses recently identified gaps in institutional sustainability, specifically, financing and disseminating NHTC research into the global scientific community. Through didactic and experiential components, the goals are: To provide tools to obtain research funding; To outline journal writing process; To equip the production of manuscripts for publication.
Continuing Education and Professional Development involves 2 options for NHTC faculty to share and broaden professional knowledge, network opportunities, and participate in scientific communities, that of attending conferences and visiting successful lab science programs where they can share and observe classroom and labs.
Management Workshop: Addresses the need to develop capacity in lab management and operations and teaching this MLS course more effectively.
Supply, Equipment, and Textbook Procurement: To provide the material resources needed to create a sustainable medical technology pre-service education program in Lesotho. ASCP proposes item provision to equip the classroom with computers, teaching microscopes, textbooks, analyzers, and other items TBD. As cost effective strategies, ASCP is working closely with NHTC to find the least expensive options for purchasing and identifying local vendors.
M & E Workshop: To help faculty assess their medical lab science programs through examinations student evaluations of each course, faculty evaluations of students, NHTC evaluations of faculty and other related activities.
