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: 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
This mechanism is to provide technical assistance to the Ministry of Health and selected regional blood safety centers to improve blood safety in the Ukraine through a centrally managed CDC blood safety cooperative agreement to be awarded in FY12. These activities are to complement resources for blood safety provided to the MOH through a cooperative agreement with CDC. The current blood safety program in Ukraine is realized through regional blood safety centers acting on national guidelines with limited MOH financial support. The goals for the HBML technical assistance are to support the MOH/regional blood centers to be able to develop policies and regional centers of excellence to pilot programs that would increase blood safety through: 1) improvement of blood M&E, to include introduction of a computerized hemovigilance system; 2) development of a low-risk volunteer donor oriented program; 3) improvment of cold-chain for blood and blood components; 4) establishment of a QA/QC system to cover all laboratories in the blood donation system; 5) adequate training of blood system technical staff at all levels; and 6) assessment and improvement of clinical blood utilization. Initiation of blood safety technical assistance will begin concomitant with MOH implementation of the CDC cooperative agreement which was delayed due to the need for development of new MOH administrative procedures to receive external assistance. The MOH reorganization in 2011 resulted in the recent creation of a central unit within the MOH responsible for developing and coordinating a national blood safety program which will aid implementation.
Basic approaches: the activities under the mechanism are listed below; these activities are complementary to the MOH cooperative agreement and represent technical assistance needed to implement those activities. The amount requested for FY 2012 will replace decreased central matching funds available for the task order compared with FY 2011.
Task 1. Conduct an assessment of the capacity of the regional sites chosen for development as centers of excellence. Task 2. In consultation with the BSOU develop and implement a comprehensive information management system from vein to vein compliant with ISBT 128.
Task 3. Develop a program improve blood collection from low risk, voluntary, non-remunerated blood donors (VNRBD).
Task 4. In consultation with the BSOU improve operations in terms of cold chain management, testing and processing of blood and blood products, storage and distribution.
Integration: the activities under this mechanism integrate with HBML activities under the MOH coag (IM 6) for establishment of a QA/QC system for laboratories in the blood donation system. Geographic coverage: the blood transfusion system in Ukraine has been decentralized and centers in Ukraine are operated by regional authorities. These activities will work with national experts and regional blood services to establish centers of excellence in 3 regions (tentatively Luhansk, Kiev, and Rivne oblasts) which were selected to be able to serve as training centers for the East, Central, and Western parts of Ukraine respectively.
Country ownership: the activities are designed to improve the existing Ukrainian system in mutually important areas. A selection criteria for the oblasts was preexisting support for blood centers from regional administrations which will enhance sustainability in these regions. Successful projects will encourage expanded support for blood centers from other regional administrations.
