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: 2008 2009
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
In FY 2008, PEPFAR harmonized its existing human capacity building efforts in the areas of public health
management, strategic information, post-graduate medical training, social work, human resources
management, and new support to pre-service medical education through a partnership with Tulane
University. This new cooperative agreement will leverage the strong leadership and institutional support that
Tulane University has provided to the National University of Rwanda , School of Public Health (NURSPH)
since its founding in 2001. Additionally, Tulane University's international expertise in human resources
development and its history of collaboration with local and international partners working in Rwanda make it
an ideal focal point for coordinating PEPFAR human resource development for health activities.
PEPFAR has supported the NURSPH since 2004. The MOH has identified this institution as a cornerstone
for training quality government personnel at central and district levels and it has relied on the School to help
fill Rwanda's extensive public health training needs. PEPFAR has worked with NURSPH to found: 1) the
Rwanda HIV/AIDS Public Interest Fellowship (RHPIF) - a two-year training program that provides public
health program management training and on-the-job experience to at least 15 recent college graduates
each year; 2) a two-year executive Master's in Public Health Program that enrolls 25 students each year (of
which PEPFAR directly supports 10-15) and has targeted current MOH employees needing additional
training; 3) a certificate program in strategic information, which has supported personnel in various sectors,
including health and defense; 4) a certificate program in psychosocial support for PLHIV that targets faculty
from institutes of higher learning and practitioners in trauma counseling; and 5) efforts have begun to
develop the Rwanda Sustainable Management Development Program - a certificate program aligned with
one from CDC-Atlanta, that will harmonize training for district health teams in the areas of leadership,
management, and process improvement.
Additionally, PEPFAR has initiated programs in collaboration with the National University of Rwanda in post-
graduate medical education and nursing education. Under a new cooperative agreement, Tulane University
will work directly with NURSPH, other schools within the NUR, the University of Colorado, Columbia
University, the Capacity Project, the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC), and MOH to ensure that Rwanda's
educational institutions possess the ownership and capacity to oversee and implement these PEPFAR-
initiated programs. Tulane University will also work to integrate and link in-service training modules to pre-
service curricula, beginning with training for district health officials, directly supporting PEPFAR and GOR
strategies for sustainability.
Since 2001, Tulane University has focused on building technical capacity at the NURSPH. Under PEPFAR,
it has provided support for five faculty members to pursue PhDs in the United States and abroad. Because
of this support, and the strong presence of visiting faculty members in-country, Tulane has also been pivotal
in developing NURSPH into a quality research institution, bolstering the institution's reputation locally and
among the international non-governmental organizations who now seek partnerships with faculty members
to conduct in-country research projects. While research and teaching capacities at NUR/SPH have
developed, there is a continuing need to support institutional capacity development to enhance quality and
ensure sustainability of the program. This new cooperative agreement will also seek to address important
management and organizational challenges at NURSPH.
The aims of this cooperative agreement are to strengthen institutions developing the health workforce and
to directly support the education of individuals in the health care sector. These activities reflect the ideas
presented in the PEPFAR five-year strategy and support the GOR's national strategy of human resources
and organizational capacity building.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 19483
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
19483 19483.08 HHS/Centers for Tulane University 8696 8696.08 $0
Disease Control &
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