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
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY
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. Plans are to continue to strengthen a strong
cadre of local Nigerian microbiologists in order to ensure sustainability and an ongoing, standardized
transfer of skills. ASM has also within its staff a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) expert, who assists
ASM, as well as, local Nigerian M&E and technical experts with identifying microbiology-specific quality
and technical indicators to introduce in the national M&E system.
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAY - ASM will continue to focus on improving the quality and capacity of TB and OI diagnosis in Nigeria. The following activities will support this goal: 1) improvement of training for simple OI diagnosis (microscopy); 2) development of a comprehensive, integrated quality management system for basic microbiology, 3) review and improvements to the basic microbiology curriculum (and SOP's) currently used in Nigeria, 3) assisting via onsite mentoring and guidance with providing technical support for development of a proficiency program for OIs to assist with accreditation processes; 4) offering technical assistance for QMS implementation for TB culture moving towards accreditation. ASM will continue to 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 and OI 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-limited 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.
