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
Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 2.1: Strengthen selected areas of health service management; and PFIP 2.3. Strengthen national system of workforce development for improved service delivery.
Geographic coverage: throughout Vietnam
Target population: primary population is nursing faculty; secondary population is clinical nurses and nursing students; and tertiary population is patients.
This is a new focus area targeting nursing faculty with the ultimate goal to improve nursing training by employing more effective teaching techniques (despite non-flexibility in changing nursing curriculum), thus enhanced products, i.e. new nurses.
COP11 key activities:
o Providing technical assistance and coaching to nursing faculty
o Providing workshops on teaching techniques/methodologies to nursing faculty in military and selected civilian nursing school/nursing universities on chronic illness management, infection control, physical assessment
o Supporting with development of lesson plans and evaluation
o Supporting with continuing nursing education
Principle activities to be carried out: Strengthening data and information areas of health service management
Target populations: primary target is Vietnam military medical & nursing officers and personnel; secondary target is healthcare recipients
This activity is ongoing in its second year. This area is "brand new" for MOD. MOD traditionally has been reluctant in sharing data outside of VN MOD. Data collection and use have been accomplished without quality controlled nor managed. This marks the big step forward for VN MOD. Thus will required regular training and intense TA to all levels: leadership, management, technical, and implementing.
Strategy for activity to become more cost efficient over time: Because VN MOD has not been opened to SI training & TA, MOD is lagging behind in many SI areas. Therefore, MOD staff cannot enjoy other SI training/TA opportunities due to lack of informatics sophistication. After initially and basic support to MOD, the main goal is to have MOD to mainstream into other PEPFAR SI training, activities, etc. Thus, reducing parallel administration costs.
COP11 key activities: (1) training & TA to MOD management on data use for monitoring & management (2) training & TA to the new TWG group on data use for tracking/monitoring/evaluation (3) training & TA to 8 implementing sites on data collection/ cleaning/use and reporting (4) travel expenses for training & TA (5) hardwares/software to support data collection at implementing sites (6) training on tracking/monitoring and reporting
Principle activities to be carried out: Strengthen the capacity and involvement of professional and non-governmental organizations.
Target populations: primary target is Vietnam nurses (military and civilians), within and outside of the Vietnam Nurses Association, secondary target is healthcare recipients
This activity is ongoing with focal emphasis on strengthening the capacity of the Vietnam Nurses Association as a advocacy professional organization.
COP11 key activities: (1) strengthening nursing professional organization (VNA) to advocate for nursing professions (2) support nurses in the organization to voice concerns within the professions, i.e. formalized scope-of-practice and standard-of-practice through chapter meetings, professional meetings, etc.
Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 1.1 Improve availability and quality of prevention, care and treatment services;
Target population: healthcare workers and all patients
This is a ongoing activity but the focus has been refined to TRAINING and QUALITY
o Providing basic, refresher, and advanced training on safe handling of blood products, appropriate use of blood products, collection & screening of blood for key infectious diseases , blood processing procedures for all regional and provincial level military hospitals, including non-PEFPAR supported sites
o Providing enhanced training on laboratory and blood safety QA/QC programs to all military regional and provincial level hospitals
o Expanding capacity for longer-term storage of safe blood components in high needs area, in order to be responsive to emergency situations
o Providing basic training on equipment maintenance for all military regional level hospitals
Budget: $554,400
Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 2.3. Strengthen national system of workforce development for improved service delivery building capacity among Vietnamese clinical health care providers with improved infection control program management and monitoring
Target population: clinical healthcare workers (HCW) in both civilian and military health care settings
This activity is continuation with refined programmatic focus on: improved quality of care through enhanced clinical infection control management
o Mainstreaming IC curriculum into appropriate areas of education at military medical and nursing schools
o Supporting implementation of standard precautions, hand hygiene, and injection safety guidelines at military sites
o Implementing model infection control programs in selected military hospitals
o Maintaining TA and monitoring of infection control-related activities
Principle activities to be carried out in support of PFIP 1.1 Improve availability and quality of prevention, care and treatment services; and PFIP 2.3. Strengthen national system of workforce development for improved service delivery.
Geographic coverage: throughout Vietnam from Hanoi, Da Nang, Nha Trang, HCMC to Can Tho,
This is a ongoing activity but the focus has been refined to: building stronger collaboration between military laboratory system with existing national civilian laboratory, meeting national standards, and preparing for achieving ISO standards
- Enhancing current training program of laboratory Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC)
- Providing refresher and advanced training to selected Regional military hospitals on QA/QC protocol, in order for these hospitals to become Center of Excellence of laboratory in military healthcare system
- Providing technical assistance and coaching to the implementing sites
- Providing support for scheduled equipment maintenance (hematology, chemistry, microbiology, etc.)
- Providing training on equipment management & maintenance to selected regional military hospitals to maximize utilization
- Providing coordination support for 1 additional site to implement automated (e-system) laboratory information system (LIS). Support for hardware, software, and TA will be covered under the existing PEPFAR mechanism/PEPFAR CDC. Direct cost s will not be used out of this budget line.
