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
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
The Zimbabwe National Quality Assurance Program (ZINQAP) has a mandate to assist all laboratories in Zimbabwe to attain and maintain good quality testing. It is the only laboratory quality assurance (QA) body in Zimbabwe conducting a proficiency-testing (PT) program. It has international accreditation and is the second in Africa to attain this standard. It provides a comprehensive PT service to all medical laboratories public, private and testing sites in Zimbabwe. ZINQAP works with MOHCC laboratory services to implement the Zimbabwe Health Laboratory Policy that all laboratories will “implement QA activities and identify quality indicators to systematically monitor the laboratory’s contribution to patient care”.
ZINQAP activities of strengthening of the laboratory services to provide diagnosis and monitoring of HIV/AIDS and opportunistic infections, monitoring of the quality of testing provided by laboratories and testing sites, and training laboratory personnel in quality management system is in support of the National HIV/AIDS strategy and plan. A key contribution of this project is to health system strengthening in that laboratories in Zimbabwe will be mentored for quality management systems, using the SLMTA model and will be prepared for accreditation.A detailed monitoring and evaluation plan, site reports, PT shipment reports and training reports will contribute to the quarterly progress reports for monitoring activities. ZINQAP has been working on a business plan for income generation and to increase its services to regional countries to ensure sustainability and continued growth after USG support. Current USG support is capacity building an EQA program in Zimbabwe so that patients in Zimbabwe can be assured of reliable laboratory results.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
