Detailed Mechanism Funding and Narrative

Years of mechanism: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Details for Mechanism ID: 9915
Country/Region: Botswana
Year: 2014
Main Partner: American Society for Microbiology
Main Partner Program: NA
Organizational Type: Private Contractor
Funding Agency: HHS/CDC
Total Funding: $450,000 Additional Pipeline Funding: N/A

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 American Society of Microbiology (ASM) is a life science society composed of over 42,000 scientists and health professionals. ASM's mission is to promote research and training in microbiological sciences and to assist communication between scientists, policy makers and the public to improve health, economic well-being and the environment. ASM goals are to develop and package training tools using new and existing resources through a consensus approach; monitor and evaluate progress and impact to identify best practices and create sustainability at national levels through quality assured programs and work with in-country partners. ASM has worked with Ministry of Health (MOH) to strengthen the microbiology network and establish an external quality assurance (EQA) program for acid fast bacilli (AFB) microscopy. ASM mentors staff at different facilities and enables them to run the program themselves by training trainers in different microbiology disciplines. This ensures sustainability once PEPFAR funding ends. ASM's approach to strengthening lab capacity includes insuring countries have ownership of the programs they develop, as they are ultimately responsible for implementing them; establishing South-to-South collaborations involving sharing of evaluated, culturally appropriate, highly effective strategies and programs and encouraging South-to-North collaborations to strengthen the cadre of highly competent microbiologist mentors.

ASM work covers all laboratories that are doing microbiology and TB in the country. TB/HIV is a priority for GoB, as outlined in the TB and Laboratory Strategic Plans. ASM submits annual reports to CDC and also conducts periodic visits to monitor implementation.

Mechanism Allocation by Budget Code for Selected Year
Care: TB/HIV (HVTB) $450,000
Mechanism Target Information

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.

This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.

Key Issues Identified in Mechanism
Tuberculosis