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.
The Objectives of this TBD will be: 1) To Strengthen the Master's-level public health training program; including attracting non-traditional Master's of Public Health (MPH) students. 2) Increase the applicability of the master's level public health training to HIV/AIDS, through integration of HIV/AIDS material and practicum options including projects of national and local importance on HIV/AIDS. 3) Sustain the cadre of public-health professionals who are working in Zimbabwe and expand the type of people available to work in public health. 4) Strengthen the Health Information Management System of Zimbabwe through support in the implementation of targeted activities of the National HIMS Strategic plan.
The activities to be implemented through this TBD should support the HIV/AIDS National Strategy and Plan in the area of operational research at district and provincial level within the public health sector to provide evidence for health related decision making.
The coverage should be national through the deployment of students to all provinces to support public health activities and target to support the Provincial Health Executives in planning, implementation and evaluation of public health interventions.
The key contributions of this program to health systems strengthening would be training and building of competencies and skills in public health practitioners to improve the provision of health services to the general population.
Activities will have their base in the cross-cutting program of Human Resources for Health through development of management and leadership qualities in Zimbabwean health professionals.
Cost-efficiency strategies should include bulk production of training materials for the program. Maximum utilization of resources that are already in place providing maintenance when needed. Procurement of adequate technology that will increase the communication between trainees and field supervisors reducing costs in traveling. Field supervision in adjacent areas to decrease traveling costs.
Monitoring and Evaluation of its activities should be done through quarterly progress reports based on a detailed implementation plan, field supervision reports, monthly meeting feedback from the trainees, among others.
In FY 10 this TBD should support the implementation of the National Health Information System strategic plan that looks at channeling all health information in Zimbabwe through a single mechanism and capacity building of the human resources needs in the Health Information System. Its activities should focus on the building of data analysis skills among the relevant cadres involved in the collection, transmission and use of the data.
Some resources should be allocated to support the MPH students in program evaluation at the districts and provinces where they are deployed. Based on available resources some of the recommended actions should be supported at district and provincial level
In FY 10 this TBD should continue the strengthening of the full time MPH program and increase the number of field coordinators to support trainees in their field attachments, increase the number of students recruited per year, subsidize some of components of the part time program, acquire equipment to improve communication between trainees, field supervisors and field coordinators.
