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: 2008 2009
THIS IS AN ONGOING ACTIVITY. THE NARRATIVE IS UNCHANGED EXCEPT FOR UPDATED
REFERENCES TO:
+Development of capacity at the NPHLS to conduct CrAg testing and other mycotic disease diagnosis
+Decentralization of capacity for quality TB smear microscopy and culture as an added preventive measure
+Training of NPHLS/CRL staff in rapid/molecular techniques for identification and speciation of TB and
opportunistic infectious agents
1.LIST OF RELATED ACTIVITIES
This activity relates to activities in Counseling and Testing (#6941) and TB/HIV (#6944).
2.ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION
In FY 2007, American Society for Microbiology (ASM) will worked with the National Public Health Laboratory
(NPHL) to establish central reference microbiological laboratory capacity. To date, support for laboratory
capacity related to HIV prevention and treatment programs has been heavily focused on tests for HIV
diagnosis or monitoring of treatment with antiretroviral drugs. Microbiologic diagnostic capacity is extremely
limited in Kenya; while many clinical labs can support microscopic diagnosis of tuberculosis, culture for
tuberculosis and diagnostic tests for other opportunistic infections are generally unavailable. The NPHL
strategic plan outlines needs to urgently support establishment of a network of laboratory referral services,
including microbiology services, throughout the country. ASM will train senior NPHLS staff from eight
provinces to conduct microbiology testing. Training will be done in high functioning laboratories in the USA,
elsewhere in Africa and within the central laboratories in Kenya. Essential microbiological technologies will
be selected for different levels of the National laboratories and appropriate equipment and reagents for such
tests procured in accordance with the National Laboratory policy guidelines. ASM will assist with
development of approaches to supportive supervision, specimen transport, quality assurance and
monitoring and evaluation related to microbiologic testing.
3. CONTRIBUTIONS TO OVERALL PROGRAM AREA
Development of capacity to conduct appropriate microbiologic testing will dramatically improve the quality of
care provided for people with HIV in Kenya.
4. LINKS TO OTHER ACTIVITIES
This activity relates to all facility based palliative care activities, TB/HIV activities and HIV treatment
activities. In addition, the activity is intimately linked with HLAB (#7003), HLAB (#7113) and HLAB (#6940)
activities.
5 POPULATIONS BEING TARGETED
This activity targets laboratory workers.
6. EMPHASIS AREAS This activity includes major emphasis in the area of training of Microbiology
Technologists and Scientists and minor emphasis in the areas of laboratory infrastructure development,
procurement of specialized microbiology equipment and reagents, and development of protocols for quality
assurance schemes and strengthening of networks/linkages and referral systems for external quality
assurance schemes for microbiological tests as detailed in Section 3 above.
