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
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
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 ASM to develop training programs provided to Nigeria laboratorians working in clinical healthcare facilities for improved diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) and other HIV-related opportunistic infections (OIs). ASM improved the infrastructure of laboratories where these individuals currently work. Key expected intermediate outcomes include increased microbiological knowledge and retained skills required to carry out quality-assured diagnosis of major infectious diseases and get TB laboratories to accreditation.
ASM continues to explore partnership opportunities, both public-private and other kinds that help leverage funds. ASM transfers knowledge through onsite mentorship, which is a cost-efficient manner to effect major changes. ASM continues to work with Nigerian laboratory technical working groups at the central level to adapt training materials for Nigeria’s particular circumstances, and to ensure country ownership. Furthermore, ASM will work directly with the Ministry of Health’s national reference laboratories for TB and OIs and national TB control program to transfer proper management expertise via onsite mentorship and training programs in line with national strategic plans.
ASM develops materials for lab capacity building that can be implemented locally after training and mentoring of selected trainers for a cost-effective and sustainable expansion of successful mentoring across the country. ASM aims to establish a Bio-Resource Centers to provide a sustainable model and platform for continued world-class human resource development and continuing education.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
