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
The goal of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) cooperative agreement is to increase the capacity of laboratories to perform quality testing for HIV/AIDS-related opportunistic infections and other infectious disease and to improve laboratory infrastructure nationwide, including implementation of necessary training and institutionalization of quality management systems procedures. In Tanzania, ASM's objectives are to work with MOHSW to strengthen clinical and public health microbiology services at the National Quality Assurance and Training Centre and the zonal and regional laboratories. ASM will improve the quality and skills of existing personnel and establish local mentors to strengthen staff retention. This directly supports Partnership Framework Goal 5, which is to ensure necessary human resource capacity is available for the achievement of quality health and social welfare services at all levels. Laboratory development activities also align with PF Goal 1 for service maintenance and scale- up.
ASM's coverage includes the national, zonal, and regional levels, targeting microbiology laboratory managers, technologists, and technicians at local Tanzanian laboratories. By increasing the number of quality local microbiology mentors and master trainers, ASM will decrease its external consultant costs over time. ASM will transition activities to URT by building leadership, training, and supervisory capacity at the NHLQATC; and develop local mentors.
Activities in Tanzania will be conducted in alignment with ASM's monitoring and evaluation framework. Laboratory progress will be measured through a series of assessments and monthly quality indicators. Technical skill will be measured through tools, such as competency testing.
Microbiology diagnostic services are important in the rapid and accurate identification of microbial diseases, in detection of antibiotic resistance and in assistance in the control of disease outbreaks and nosocomial infections. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) was brought in as a new partner in Tanzania in 2008 and has been working with the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC-Tanzania) to strengthen clinical microbiology services at the National Health Laboratory Quality Assurance and Training Centre (NHLQATC), zonal, and regional laboratories.
An assessment conducted by ASM in January 2009 found that the microbiology laboratories are highly underutilized despite their critical role in patient management and disease control. To achieve the goals identified in the MOHSW National Health Laboratory Strategic Plan (2009-2012) and better serve the health needs of the Tanzanian population, ASM is working to advance microbiology services to the same standard as the other clinical disciplines serving people living with HIV/AIDS. ASM support is in alignment with the objectives of the strategic plan and is addressing the multiple clinical laboratory tiers, that is, national, zonal, and regional.
With COP12 funds, ASM will continue to work with MOHSW and CDC to strengthen the NHLQATC as a public health microbiology reference laboratory with capacity for confirmation and surveillance of communicable diseases including outbreaks. ASM will continue providing technical assistance for the improvement of the test menu, testing algorithm, specimen referral strategy, equipment maintenance, and supplies/reagents to support microbiology specialized diagnostic testing. Laboratorians will be trained on water and food diagnostic procedures and provide mentorship on quality management systems in microbiology laboratories. ASM will also strengthen microbiology services in zonal and regional laboratories by building local mentorship capacity.
