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 2016 2017 2018
(Continuing Activity COP 12 funds = $325,000) - The goal of the ASCP support program is to strengthen the laboratory system in PEPFAR countries. ASCP provides technical assistance in the development of a national approach to quality systems, continuing education and in the implementation of comprehensive quality laboratory services. In alignment with the partnership framework objective (4.6) to strengthen laboratory support for HIV diagnosis and management, ASCP strategies aim at building national laboratory capacity in the technical procedures necessary to perform laboratory analysis of tests related to HIV diagnosis, treatment monitoring and management. ASCPs approach upholds GHI principles to ensure sustainability in the long term by building local capacity to implement and monitor programs. Together with the Ministry of Health namely the Laboratory Section and the National Institute of Health, training curricula for different laboratory disciplines and quality management, are being revised and adapted to the local context and local trainers are being developed. All activities are aligned with Ministry of Health priorities.
ASCP also continues to be a strong partner to strengthen pre-service training. This will ensure that high caliber laboratorians are deployed into the system. To measure the impact of in-service trainings, ASCP will conduct a baseline assessment of participant labs in advance of all in-service trainings. At 6 and 12 month intervals, ASCP staff and consultants will perform an M&E assessment to determine the impact of training on each lab. This serves as an evaluation of ASCP trainers and curriculum as well as a benchmark for labs as they strive for accreditation.
ASCPs budget has been reduced in FY12 because of a significant pipeline.
In FY12 ASCP will continue to work together with various implementing partners to assist the Ministry of Health in achieving its goal to enhance laboratory systems by improving laboratory diagnosis and implementing comprehensive laboratory quality assurance programs.
ASCP, in collaboration with other laboratory coalition partners, will continue to provide support for the implementation of the Strengthening Laboratory Management Towards Accreditation (SLMTA) training program in the eight currently enrolled laboratories and an additional three labs. ASCP will support the MOH's provincial quality managers in program planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. This will involve training additional trainers, developing an implementation plan and conducting assessments at baseline, during implementation and post completion of the program.
ASCP aims to support the sustainability of capacity-building activities by giving Mozambicans ownership over all ASCP in-service training curriculums and preparing them to deliver the material themselves. Training of trainer courses will be conducted to build local presentation and facilitation skills in order to roll-out subsequent trainings throughout the country. This methodology has been successful in the roll out of CD4 in-service training. In FY12, this approach will be adopted for hematology and biochemistry training. It is envisioned that the lab advisors for the clinical partners will also participate in training of trainer courses and facilitate the roll out of these trainings in the provinces where they are the lead partner.
The pre-service programs, in particular, address the need for a self-sustained education system for lab scientists and ASCP will continue to provide support to strengthen pre-service training for laboratory personnel. In FY11, ASCP has supported the Ministry of Health initiative to move away from traditional curriculum to competency-based curriculum. To ensure the successful implementation of this new curriculum, ASCP will focus on faculty development in FY12. Through long and short-term faculty mentorships, ASCP will assist faculty as they learn new curriculum, teaching techniques, and software. With dedicated and knowledgeable faculty, students will be more motivated and better prepared for deployment into the field.
ASCP has worked with many local partners, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education, the National Institute of Health (INS), the Health Science Institutes and the Instituto Superior de Ciencias de Saude (ISCISA). ASCP has also collaborated with other implementing partners, such as the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FURJ), Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), Beckman Dickenson (BD), A Global Healthcare Public Foundation (AGHPF), the American Society of Microbiology (ASM) and the American Public Health Labs (APHL), on many projects. These partnerships have strengthened ASCPs activities, especially the Pre-Service Program and the Strengthening Lab Management towards Accreditation (SLMTA) program. In FY12, ASCP will continue to work in partnership with various partners to strengthen the impact of their support activities.
