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.
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) came into being in January 2002 following the restructuring of the public sector medical laboratory services of South Africa and the creation of the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) from the previous South African Institute for Medical Research (SAIMR) together with various governmental and provincial laboratories. The NICD serves as a resource of knowledge and expertise in regionally relevant communicable diseases to the South African
Government and assists in the planning of policies and programs to support appropriate responses to communicable disease problems and issues.
In support of strengthening the delivery and quality of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Prevention and Control Programs, under this award the NICD will support and implement activities which: • Improve the understanding of STI burden through the use of laboratory-based surveillance; • Improve access to and quality of STI care in South Africa by supporting capacity for integrated STI services as part of new or existing services in high risk populations; • Enhance laboratory capacity and programmatic evaluation in supporting universal Syphilis screening and other STI testing among pregnant women seeking antenatal care; • Support laboratory-based pubic health/prevention evaluations to support the national program in providing enhanced STI services for HIV/STI prevention; and • Establish a model CDC/WHO Regional Reference Laboratory or Collaborating Center.
The activities of the NICD will continue work began in the Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, Gauteng Province and will rapidly expand. Health systems strengthening and capacity building will be advanced through the development and offering of laboratory training programs and assisting other African countries with lab-based surveillance of STIs in collaboration with ACILT and the CDC Lab Branch. These training programs will address the skills needed to provide quality and expert laboratory diagnostics which will assist in enhanced public health measures and better control of STIs. Approximately 50 trainees are expected to complete the training over the duration of the project, contributing to the PEPFAR Reauthorization goals to build sustainable local capacity by supporting training of at least 140,000 new health care workers in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care.
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This project, over its duration, will also impact HIV prevention through the behavioral evaluation, detection, and treatment of STIs in high risk populations (to include youth, MSM, sex workers, and other HIV negative patients), decreasing cost that would otherwise be incurred subsequent to new infections and additional funding required for HIV/AIDS care and treatment. Several activities will specifically target these populations:
• Establishment of screening services for MSM • Establishment of clinic for surveillance and HIV testing for female sex workers • Completion of evaluation and provision of recommendations to improve treatment of trichomoniasis among HIV+ women • Evaluation and provision of recommendations to improve risk reduction counseling for HIV - negative STI patients • Establishment of STI surveillance activities among antenatal patients
