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.
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The Technical Assistance (TA) will strengthen CDC and USG's working relations with WHO in Uganda through a One UN approach which is an initiative that aims at allowing WHO to deliver health systems strengthening efforts in a more coordinated way at the country level. WHO works with and through the Ministry of Health and other key partners to implement national strategic interventions. There is already in existence a strong partnership with MoH/ACP, Uganda AIDS Commission, Districts, as well as, other health facilities across the country. The WHO collaboration is the most appropriate mechanism through which, Uganda's Ministry of Health would receive strategic and technical advice on the development, implementation, operation, and overall management of sustainable eHealth, mHealth and Health Information Systems (HIS) solutions, developing harmonized, standard codes and definitions to allow for interoperability and linkage into the MoH Enterprise Architecture, IHR as well as laboratory diagnostic and reporting activities in alignment with Ugandas National Health Laboratory Services Policy that would advance PEPFAR's mandate in Uganda and in the East African Community. This WHO TA activity will contribute to PEPFAR outcomes to strengthen national and regional information systems and support a learning agenda for improved planning and coordination.
WHO will recruit an experienced laboratory personnel to provide Technical Assistance (TA) to the MOH focusing on the following planned PEPFAR-funded activities
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Strengthening national and regional efforts in laboratory services policies and strategies,
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Strengthening Integrated Disease Surveillance and Reporting (IDSR) in Uganda and the region based on accurate and timely laboratory confirmation.
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Serving as liaison with national and regional stakeholders, establish partnerships, and mobilize resources for the strengthening of eHealth/HIS capacities within ministries of health.
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Serving as liaison with national and regional stakeholders, establish partnerships, and mobilize resources for the strengthening of laboratory capacities within the Ministry of Health.
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Support laboratory diagnostic and reporting activities in alignment with Ugandas National Health Laboratory Services Policy that would advance PEPFAR's mandate in Uganda primarily and in the East African Community.
Integrated Disease Surveillance and reporting systems will facilitate the registration and census update of endemic communities mapping and surveillance. This will include not only zoonotic and notifiable disease, but will be used as a platform for HIV/AIDS surveillance in the fishing communities around lake Victoria, hence facilitating effective disease control activity through surveillance of mortality and morbidity as well as populations at risk, and the changing character of disease agents.
The project has national coverage and will be conducted in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO). WHO will recruit experienced Strategic Information (SI) personnel to provide Technical Assistance (TA). The scope of planned activities will include:
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Serving as liaison with national and regional stakeholders, establish partnerships, and mobilize resources for strengthening partnership for shared strategic directions and key national priorities for building strong health information systems capacities within the Ministry of health.
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Strengthening national and regional efforts in eHealth/HIS as well as planning, development and deployment of appropriate information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable eHealth platform to monitor outcomes of Maternal and Child Health (MCH) and promote integration with HIV/AIDS activities.
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Strengthening exchange of health information systems efforts within East Africa to strengthen regional and cross-border surveillance informatics agenda.
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Strengthening ICT infrastructure through engagement of International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Regional Office for Africa, and other inter-governmental bodies.
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Promoting increased awareness within the EA region of human health challenges that exist.
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Promoting the establishment of a regional IHR working group to better coordinate activities.
TA will include training of MOH staff to manage the systems hence contributing to the 140k PEPFAR HRH target and sustainability. The principle behind this collaboration is to increase impact through strategic coordination and integration by building partnerships and linkages with other global health initiatives in the country, with the aim of aligning programs with government priorities and enhancing country ownership. It will contribute to the improvement of health systems and strengthen the delivery of health services by increasing capacity for more efficient and effective planning through the use of information systems and the use of quality data for decision making.
