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
In FY 2008, AABB will continue to provide TA to advance the NBTC's strategic goals and to support the
rapid strengthening of blood transfusion services in Rwanda. Specifically, AABB will support the following;
long-term strategic planning, implementation of quality systems, refinement of the NBTC legal framework
and related policy documents, and strengthening of local networks to ensure sustainability. Furthermore, the
EP will support the implementation of service agreements, the development of a cost-recovery model to
ensure financial sustainability, revision of SOPs, and documentation of national blood transfusion
guidelines.
AABB will provide technical support to: 1) improve the process for donor screening and commodity
procurement; 2) conduct training of trainers; 3) hold workshops to improve laboratory capacity and storage
management processes including reagents, and expand component production; 4) improve cold chain
management; and 5) support the computerization of technical operations in all regional blood centers.
In FY 2008, AABB will also provide logistical assistance for the rehabilitation of the Kibuye center. The EP
will expand donor services, and assist with facility design, staff training and donor recruitment strategies.
Building local capacity is a key activity in FY 2008. AABB will train 60 NBTC staff to strengthen blood safety
activities in the areas of blood transfusion medicine, technical operations, quality assurance, M&E, and
management. AABB will coordinate training and provide mentoring for NBTC physicians. The NBTC
trainers will subsequently be able to improve and expand transfusion medicine services throughout
Rwanda. This will include donor counseling, laboratory operations in infectious disease testing, expanding
blood component therapy, appropriate blood component utilization and related data collection. AABB will
support NBTC physicians to establish transfusion committees in regional hospitals to improve blood
transfusion practices from ordering and administration of blood products, to monitoring of transfusion
outcomes.
In FY 2008, AABB will support the development of a donor notification process by which NBTC will inform
all donors of their sero-status. A comprehensive notification program will require collaboration with other
Rwandan health services to ensure follow-up and treatment for sero-positive donors - as well as enhanced
prevention messages for donors who are negative.
AABB will work with the NBTC to conduct a KAP survey to investigate factors that influence blood donation
in Rwanda, improve retention of low-risk donors and increase blood donor recruitment in under-served
regions. The findings will help establish donor recruitment goals, develop donor retention strategies, and
identify appropriate community messaging programs regarding blood donation. AABB and NBTC will
collaborate with the MOH Communications Department to develop blood donor mobilization programs
based on the findings of the KAP survey.
