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 2012 2013
Goals and Objectives:
The Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) includes the only School of Public Health (SPH) in Tanzania. The SPH offers eight degree programs: Master of Public Health; Master of Health Policy and Management; Master of Science Tropical Disease Control; Master of Medicine Community Health; MSc Applied Epidemiology; MSc Applied Epidemiology and Laboratory Management; MSc Parasitology and Medical Entomology; and BSc Environmental Health Sciences. Students who graduate from these programs go on to become key managers and leaders within the health sector both at the national and the district level.
The focus of USG support to MUHAS is to improve the quality of pre-service training and the number of overall students trained at the School of Public Health. This will contribute to an increase in highly training health care workers who can effectively lead and manage the response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Interventions supported include: faculty development; curriculum enhancement; classroom renovation; and provision of scholarships.
Based on an assessment of faculty recently undertaken, in FY2010 staff will be provided with additional training on teaching methods and HIV/AIDS knowledge as needed. Specific training will be provided on effective student supervision, teaching methods, adult learning, and lesson planning. In addition, new staff will be recruited for those technical areas most in need of experienced professors.
A gap analysis for the ongoing courses was conducted in FY2009. This review took into consideration the needs and requirements of key ministries that employ SPH graduates, the current policies prevailing in the country, and the needs of various governmental and non-governmental organizations. Following recommendations from this review the curricula for all eight degree programs will continue to be improved; this will include updating the HIV/AIDS sections, as well as the areas dealing with overall leadership and management.
In FY2009 a new curriculum for the executive track of the MPH program was developed. This program offers health care workers the opportunity to work towards an MPH in the evenings on a module basis. In the program will begin in FY2010 once it is approved by the University management. This will increase enrollment in the MPH course from an average of 23 students to a total of 50.
Infrastructure and equipment will also be provided to MUHAS. Two classrooms will be renovated and furnished to provide extra teaching space. The library will be enhanced through linkages with the zonal and national resource centers. Most students and members of faculty do not have access to the current teaching materials and books that are necessary. Therefore the purchase of these will continue to be supported in FY2010. In addition, improvement of the e-learning platform will also be supported.
To increase the number of health care workers who have adequate management and leadership skills, scholarships will be provided to 15 students. In addition, several short courses will be offered from which health care workers can begin to earn credits towards a degree. The topics of these courses were identified through the gap analysis and include, but are not limited to: Data Management; Monitoring and Evaluation with focus to HIV/AIDS interventions; Operational Research Methods in HIV/AIDS; Leadership; and Management and Strategic Decision Making.
Health System Strengthening: Tanzania continues to face an acute shortage of health professionals, especially highly specialized cadres. Investing in the development of human resources for health lays the foundation upon which HIV/AIDS interventions are built and ultimately ensures the achievement of PEPFAR goals.
HSS:
Cross Cutting: The MUHAS program has close linkages with laboratory, epidemiology, strategic information, and medicine.
Cost-Efficiency: Expected outcomes of the activity include development of a cadre who can effectively lead and manage health programs within and outside of the government. Furthermore, the program is completely implemented by MUHAS itself and thus is quite sustainable.
Geography: This is a nationwide program.
Partnership Framework (PF): This activity will contribute towards achievement of key components of the PF HRH Goal. These components are: 1) increased production of health workers; 2) recruitment, retention, productivity; and 3) optimizing the existing workforce through task shifting and improved performance. These are also key objectives and high priorities in the GOT HRH Strategy.
M&E: A comprehensive M&E plan is developed annually and closely monitored. One particular focus of the M&E plan is on tracking who receives training, what they have been trained on, and how their skills have improved.
Support faculty development, curriculum enhancement, and classroom renovation to improve quality of pre-service training in the eight master's programmes at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS). Based on an assessment of faculty, staff will be provided with additional training on teaching methods and HIV/AIDS knowledge and other content. In addition, new staff will be recruited for those areas most in need. Following recommendations from a review of curricula done by Gates/UCSF, the curricula will be improved. To increase the number of health care workers five students will be supported to complete the masters in public health course. With the additional FY2010 Partnership Framework funding the MUHSAS program will be able to provide a minimum of 20 more scholarships for students in three of the master degree programs (MPH, Policy and Management, and M. Med). Two new classrooms will be renovated. The procurement of books and teaching materials will be doubled. In addition, several of the planned short courses will be offered a second time during the year. Development of training materials for the revised curricula will also be accelerated.
