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: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FURJ) will utilize South to South (S to S) collaboration to provide laboratory expertise and assistance to the MOH to improve national laboratory service capacity in accordance with the National Lab Strategic Plan and the Partnership Framework goals To strengthen the Mozambican health system, including human resources for health through increasing the number of health care and social workers in Mozambique and improving the capacity and quality of pre-service, in-service training, faculty development and post-graduate training and To strengthen laboratory support for HIV diagnosis and management . FURJ will build local capacity within the MOH and the National Institute of Health (INS) to lead and manage the programs that have relied significantly on direct support. A key strategy is to institutionalize programs that have historically been implemented by FURJ staff and provide the assistance needed for INS to use direct funding from CDC to implement lab quality programs. FURJ is strengthening the laboratory system by strengthening the technical capacity of the National Reference Labs, improving pre-service education, supporting lab quality improvement, and developing local mentors to sustain mentorship and support of lab staff working towards accreditation. FURJ currently uses the WHO Afro Laboratory Quality Checklist to monitor progress towards accreditation, but will also implement one or more of the Laboratory Network Performance Assessment Indicators addressing domain areas of Policy, Access, Quality, and Communication. FURJ did not have a significant pipeline and will continue to work to improve efficiency of operating costs.
FURJ will use COP 12 funds to continue laboratory systems strengthening activities and laboratory quality improvement by working at central level to provide TA as well as working at specific laboratory sites which are pursuing laboratory accreditation. FURJ will provide expatriate advisors for this work, but will continue building local capacity and transitioning these activities to local institutions and MOH personnel. FURJ works specifically in 3 areas of systems strengthening.Quality Improvement FURJ will continue to support SLMTA by providing expatriate mentors and by capacitating local mentors to support laboratory improvement and implementation of standards. FURJ will work with MOH to design an in country mentorship program that can be sustained beyond PEPFAR. FURJ will continue to support the EQA program for biochemistry and work with the MOH to expand the number of labs enrolled to include all central, provincial, general and large rural hospital labs. Improvement in laboratory quality also includes a component of strong collaboration and communication between the laboratory and the clinicians. FURJ will support an annual meeting in clinical and laboratory medicine with an agenda that is developed jointly between lab and clinical staff to provide a forum to discuss cross-cutting issues and build mutual respect and collaboration.Capacity Building- FURJ will continue providing in service technical training for Mozambican lab staff in Brazil. Starting in 2012, FURJ will work with MOH to establish capacity in the Central Hsp Laboratory to provide this kind of in service training in an atmosphere of good laboratory practice with sufficient supervision and oversight of trainees. FURJ will work to establish a process to follow up this technical training in the labs where trainees will ultimately be placed to ensure the maximal impact of the training. FURJ will support technical working groups where technical staff who have benefited from specialized training will gather together and provide technical guidance for policy and strategy development and then take the lead in implementing new guidelines and strategies in their laboratory and province of employment.Pre-service training FURJ will provide faculty development by placing professors from Brazil in training institutes to build capacity of local faculty. In addition, FURJ will provide training in Brazil for faculty of lab pre-service course. Through strengthening and supporting pre-service training of laboratory personnel, this IM supports the cross-cutting area of human resources for health. USG funds will support both directly and indirectly the capacitation of 50 new laboratorians in COP year 2012.FURJ will collaborate with other USG Partners to make use of available resources thus leveraging resources and preventing duplication of activities.
