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: 2007 2008 2009
Activity Narrative:
ACTIVITY UNCHANGED FROM FY2008
This activity is linked to TB/HIV (#0724), adults care and treatment program areas and Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention - Technical Assistance (CDC-TA #9022), Southern Provincial Health Office (SPHO
#9797), Western Provincial Health Office (WPHO #9799), Eastern Provincial Health Office (EPHO #9795),
Chest Disease Laboratory (CDL #15510), Comforce (#8996), University Teaching Hospital (UTH #9798)
and all activities within the Laboratory section.
Opportunistic infections (OI's) are common in HIV populations and are a major threat to People Living with
HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) both prior to diagnosis as well as during care and treatment programs. Global efforts
toward detection of tuberculosis (TB) are currently in place. However, basic microbiology laboratory
services for blood stream and other infections such as sexually transmitted infections (STI), which have high
morbidity in the HIV infected patients, are limited and lack quality.
In FY 2008, this activity supported technical assistance from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM).
ASM technical experts provided support in the areas of TB and OIs. The technical experts conducted a
national basic microbiology workshop focused on OIs; provided training for routine bacteriology diagnostics
and antimicrobial susceptibility testing; trained on the function and maintenance of the BACTEC 9050;
educated laboratory staff and medical personnel on proper blood culture collection techniques, and
provided support for development of quality systems for TB diagnostics.
In FY 2009, the ASM will continue to provide in-country expertise for cost effective microbiology services
and expand support for detection of STIs, laboratory systems, strategic planning, standardization of
protocols for antibiotic utilization, infection control, and good laboratory and clinical practice. The ASM's
major emphasis area will continue to be human capacity development. Activities conducted will include
training on the most common bacterial infections using basic and advanced diagnostic techniques;
improvements in rapid TB culture, and drug susceptibility testing at the national and regional TB reference
laboratories, and assistance for development of infection control strategies.
Additional ASM assistance will involve strengthening and development of a quality assurance/quality control
programs for basic bacteriology such as gram staining; antimicrobial susceptibility testing; TB and STI
diagnostics. This will require on-site training and consultation addressing workflow management, specimen
tracking, testing procedures, documents and specimen retention, reporting, reagent preparation and
storage, instrument maintenance, competency testing, and proficiency testing. An external quality
assurance program for microbiology will include identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of
unknown pathogens and feedback on results.
Technical experts will continue to provide support to CDC Zambia laboratory staff and local laboratories for
strengthening microbiology services and treatment of OIs, working in collaboration with interdisciplinary
health care teams and other partners such as JHPIEGO to ensure a sustainable program working within
existing health care facilities. The technical experts provide in-country technical assistance for periods
between three to four weeks and return for multiple consultations. This activity provides support for their
travel and other costs related to their consultancy to the national laboratory quality assurance program in
Zambia. Trainings will be performed in consultation with CDC-Zambia or other organizations.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 15563
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
15563 9794.08 HHS/Centers for The American 7183 5280.08 ASM - $130,000
Disease Control & Society for U62/CCU32511
Prevention Microbiology 9
9794 9794.07 HHS/Centers for The American 5280 5280.07 ASM - $129,999
Emphasis Areas
Health-related Wraparound Programs
* TB
Workplace Programs
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development $130,000
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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