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: 2007 2008 2009
ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY2008
This is a continuing activity with funding initiated in late COP07. ASM has the capacity to support the
PEPFAR program by ensuring that laboratories possess the necessary organizational and technical
infrastructure to provide quality laboratory testing and results in support of HIV prevention, care, and
treatment programs, especially for tuberculosis (TB) and opportunistic infections (OI). ASM can provide
technical assistance through carefully chosen experts from among ASM's more than 5,000 clinical
laboratory microbiologists and immunologists worldwide.
ASM will continue to focus on improving the quality and capacity of TB and OI diagnosis in Nigeria. The
following five activities will support this goal: 1) development of a comprehensive quality assurance (QA)
and quality control (QC) system for TB microscopy and culture, reviewing the existing guidelines on QA for
AFB microscopy and developing such for TB culture/DST, 2) review and make improvements to the TB
training curriculum (and SOP's) currently used in Nigeria, 3) provision of technical expertise on the
structural design of new and existing laboratories involved in diagnosis of TB (specifically, culture and drug
resistance testing), 4) improvement of training for simple OI diagnosis (microscopy) and 5) support offsite
training on TB culture and drug sensitivity for select PEPFAR-Nigeria laboratorians. ASM will work closely
with PEPFAR-Nigeria Lab Technical Working Group (LTWG) to ensure that these activities are coordinated
with the (Government of Nigeria) GON and those organizations currently supporting TB diagnosis and
treatment in Nigeria (including, UMD-ACTION, Harvard-APIN, German Leprosy Group, GHAIN, Netherlands
Leprosy Group, Damien Foundation of Belgium (DFB) and WHO. ASM will work through the LTWG to
ensure that activities and deliverables are developed and implemented in a harmonized fashion.
EMPHASIS AREAS: The major emphasis of this activity is local organizational and human capacity
development in quality assurance and quality improvement of laboratory testing.
POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED: ASM will develop/improve training programs provided to
laboratorians working in clinical health care facilities for improved diagnosis of TB and OIs. ASM will also
improve the infrastructure of laboratories where these individuals currently work.
REACHING THE VISION: This activity will enable ASM to reach its vision and long-term strategy of
building resource-poor countries' ability to better diagnose infectious diseases through quality-assured
laboratory procedures. The main emphasis is in transferring knowledge to Nigerian laboratorians thus
human capacity development via training and mentoring in order to ensure that the activity is sustained over
the years. ASM's activities also contribute to narrowing the gender gap in Nigeria by offering knowledge
transfer opportunities to both female and male Nigerian laboratorians.
LINKS TO OTHER USG RESOURCES/DONOR SUPPORT: While there is no direct link to other USG
resources and donor support, ASM places great emphasis on gathering information on what other donors
are doing, in order to prevent duplicating efforts and act more in a leveraging capacity.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 13102
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
13102 9847.08 HHS/Centers for The American 6391 5292.08 HHS/CDC Track $250,000
Disease Control & Society for 2.0 ASM
Prevention Microbiology
9847 9847.07 HHS/Centers for The American 5292 5292.07 Cooperative $500,000
Disease Control & Society for Agreement
Table 3.3.16:
