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
The major goal of this activity is local organizational and human capacity development in quality assurance and quality improvement of laboratory testing. The objectives are for American Society for Microbiology (ASM ) to develop training programs provided to Nigerian laboratorians working in clinical health care facilities for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and other HIV-related opportunistic infections (OIs). ASM will also improve the infrastructure of laboratories where these individuals currently work. Key expected intermediate outcomes include increased microbiological knowledge and retaining skills required to carry out quality-assured diagnosis of major infectious diseases. ASM will continue to explore partnership opportunities, both public-private and other kinds that help leverage funds, and the strategy, which involves transferring knowledge through onsite mentorship, is a cost-efficient manner to effect major changes. ASM will continue to work with Nigerian laboratory technical working groups at the central level to adapt training materials for Nigerias particular circumstances, so as to ensure country ownership. Furthermore, ASM will work directly with the Ministry of Healths national reference laboratories for TB and OIs and national TB control program to transfer proper management expertise via onsite mentorship and training programs. ASM has an in-house M&E Specialist whose sole responsibility is to develop indicators to measure program activities. As part of the M&E strategy, the M&E Specialist will offer technical assistance to the Nigerian stakeholders in defining an M&E plan that is manageable and most appropriate for measuring program progress.
Under COP2012, the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) technical experts (mentors) will continue to provide in-country support for microbiology and OIs, laboratory systems and strategic planning, standardization of protocols for cost effective testing, and good laboratory and clinical practice. ASMs major emphasis area will continue to be human capacity development. Of major emphasis under COP2012, ASM will look to expand training to regional laboratories. Other activities that will be followed up from the previous year will include: 1) improvement of training for simple OI diagnosis; 2) development of a comprehensive, integrated quality management system for basic microbiology, 3) review and improvements to the basic microbiology curriculum (and standard operating procedures (SOPs)) currently used in Nigeria, 4) assisting via onsite mentoring and guidance with providing technical support for development of a proficiency program for OIs to begin assisting with accreditation processes; 5) offering technical assistance for quality management systems (QMS) implementation for TB culture moving towards accreditation. ASM will continue to work closely with Nigerias Lab Technical Working Group (LTWG) to ensure that these activities are coordinated with other organizations supporting HIV, TB and OI diagnosis and treatment in Nigeria. ASM will work through the LTWG to ensure that activities and deliverables are developed and implemented in a harmonized fashion. Expected outcomes include development of a local cadre of well-trained individual microbiologists, so that they can continue forward with laboratory trainings at lower levels of the laboratory network, as well as assisting with maintaining achieved levels of diagnosis; in addition, each organization supported through this mechanism will be on track toward WHO-AFRO and/or international accreditation.
