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
Since 2008, the American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) has worked closely with the USG team in Rwanda, the Rwandan Ministry of Health (MOH) and Kigali Health Institute (KHI) to assist in improving patient care by providing in-service and pre-service training to strengthen laboratory systems and infrastructure in Rwanda. ASCP has trained laboratorians in the areas of hematology to improve their skills on the bench. Over the past two years ASCP has also assisted in the pre-service program for laboratorians in Rwanda. This year is the first year that in-coming students to KHI's Biomedical Laboratory Sciences program are being taught with a new curriculum that ASCP assisted in creating.
During FY 2009, ASCP continued to work with KHI by providing an external examiner for technical assistance in the examination process to evaluate students and the overall program and with a second faculty mentorship planned for the spring of 2010. ASCP will also be working with five laboratories including the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) to begin preparing for WHO accreditation. ASCP will help prepare the laboratorians through the first two Strengthening Laboratories Towards Accreditation (SLMTA) trainings as well as hands-on mentoring. In FY 2010, ASCP will complete the third of three SLMTA trainings and directly mentor laboratory faculty prior to the first WHO assessment. ASCP will also work with the NRL on strengthening human resource capacity through laboratory management, chemistry, hematology and phlebotomy trainings. ASCP will continue to work with KHI on effectively implementing the new curriculum through mentorship and build faculty and program capacity.
As part of the sustainability and transition priorities highlighted in the second phase of PEPFAR, ASCP is committed to implementing an engagement plan with Rwanda. The activities planned for FY 2010 promote a more sustainable approach; which emphasizes building capacity, ownership and leadership in Rwanda. The intention of ASCP's efforts is to better position the Ministry of Health to assume primary responsibility for the national response to HIV/AIDS laboratory programs with ASCP playing a supportive role.
During FY 2009, ASCP continued to work with KHI by providing an external examiner for technical assistance in the examination process to evaluate students and the overall program and with a second faculty mentorship planned for the spring of 2010. The NRL will identify areas of need and partner ASCP in assisting 5 laboratories in pursuit of WHO-AFRO accreditation. ASCP will also be working with five laboratories including the National Reference Laboratory (NRL) to begin preparing for WHO accreditation. ASCP will help prepare the laboratorians through the first two Strengthening Laboratories Towards Accreditation (SLMTA) trainings as well as hands-on mentoring. In FY 2010, ASCP will complete the third of three SLMTA trainings and directly mentor laboratory faculty prior to the first WHO assessment. ASCP will also work with the NRL on strengthening human resource capacity through laboratory management, chemistry, hematology and phlebotomy trainings. ASCP will continue to work with KHI on effectively implementing the new curriculum through mentorship and build faculty and program capacity.
