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
I. Introduction
Salesian Missions in partnership with Salesians of Don Bosco in Nigeria is being implementing the CDC funded -Life Choices Voluntary Counseling and Testing Project as of July 2009.The Life Choices Nigeria - VCCT Project aims to increase the number of people that know their HIV status. The project will achieve this by increasing access to VCT services, by counseling and testing 7,500 youth and adults in five years and by improving quality of service delivery in the already existent VCT set-ups on a yearly basis. This project is being implemented in Akure -Don Bosco Health Center in Ondo State within a period of five years. The project will also work toward decreasing fear and stigma of HIV/AIDS at grass-roots level which will increase the willingness of people to be tested. The project will use part of the experienced staff from Salesian Akure Health Center as well as has newly employed new staff that will bring new expertise to the team. The project will also use the vast network systems built previously by the Salesian Health Center. In the end of the project cycle sustainability will be ensured by continuing these services with funding from alternative sources in order to continue serving the local community needs.
II. Project Objectives and Strategy
The capacity and resources of Life Choices-Nigeria will enable the rapid integration of VCCT services into the current program and health center activities, since VCCT referrals have already been a part of the program. In COP10, however, the Life Choices will expand access for most-at-risk population by making services more readily available through mobile VCT services, and follow-up through support groups, further education, and/or treatment referrals.
To this end, the Life Choices Program have recruited, trained project staff with the national VCT services and have made the renovations so as to provide quality VCT services .In COP10 the following objectives are expected to met :
Objectives 1: Expanded facility based VCT services and one Mobile VCT services; Objective 2: Test 1,500 youth & Adults for HIV; Objective 3. Refer 1,500 clients to care, treatment and prevention interventions; Objective 4: Organize 5 VCT sensitization workshops with community.
In order to build the capacity of Life Choices-Nigeria to carry out mobile VCCT services, Salesian Missions will provide assistance with activities covering procurement, technical expertise transfer, recruitment and training to service providers and other clinic staff, and best practices material adaptations.
Approach to increasing access to mobile VCT services: Life Choices-Nigeria will expand access to VCT services by: (a) integrating VCT into th; (b) offer health centering high schools and churches in the Ondo State with access to mobile VCT services; (c) improving the quality of youth friendly VCT services at existing VCT sites through training and mentoring of service providers and other clinic staff; (c) increase community mobilization within schools and churches via peer educators, educators, parents and community leaders; and (e) offering psychological support and counseling for onward care and support services to clients diagnosed HIV positive. Life Choices- Nigeria will also build the capacity of the local providers and clinic staff to provide quality youth-friendly VCCT services, including pre-test and post-test counseling of HIV+ and HIV- clients (this is b). Furthermore, the partnering organizations plan to use existing national VCCT and other treatment, care, and support guidelines for training and capacity building in the Ondo State.
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