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
This activity relates to OPSS activities #7729, #8981, and #7648, and ARV Services activities #8868.
Currently, Tanzania produces fewer than 400 qualified physicians per annum. With roughly half of these graduates emmigrating to countries with higher salary levels, Tanzania absorbs only about 200 newly trained physicians each year. Currently, these physicians enter the work force without adequate knowledge and skills in HIV/AIDS. While the training needs of the allied health and nursing professions are being addressed through in-service and pre-service programs through NACP, AIHA, I-TECH, and Track 1 partners, pre-service HIV training for physicians is a recongnized gap. The issue is further complicated by the very limited capacity of the existing medical schools.
Significant private sector resources for capacity building of Tanzanian medical schools will be leveraged through a Global Development Alliance (GDA). Institutional capacity will be addressed through facility renovation to allow for higher intake of students, and faculty training capacity in HIV/AIDS will be developed. Expertise of existing partners such as I-TECH will be utilized to develop materials and modules. The Alliance will link the efforts of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), the US Government's (USG's) Emergency Plan, and three Emergency Plan-funded programs: I-TECH, AIHA, and the Capacity Project (which are presently engaged in addressing various components of the MOHSW's HR needs). These organizations are involved in the general HR strategy development and ongoing planning with the MOHSW, expansion/ decentralization of in-service and pre-service training, and development of strong leadership and management skills and tools for the HR Department.
Focus of the GDA in FY 2007 will be on expansion of pre-service education for physicians. A program for training health managers will also be explored.
