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.
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Vietnam Nurses Association (VNA) is one of the leading professional organizations in Vietnam. It plays a critical role in promoting policy development for the nursing profession, conducting training leadership and management for nurses, and advocating for national infection control policies and guidelines. PEPFARs partnership with VNA will help achieve the PEPFAR partnership framework goals 1.1 and 2.3. It is expected to have a long-term benefit in policy advocacy at the national level, to strengthen the national system of training among Vietnamese nurses and ultimately to improve of the availability and quality of care and treatment (C&T) services.With FY 2012 funding, in collaboration with DOD PEPFAR and the Ministry of Defense (MOD), VNA aims to: 1) Strengthen infection control practices through the development and updating of training curriculum following national guidelines; provision of training for selected healthcare professionals; 2) Strengthen HIV nursing care through didactic training and expand the patient-centered nursing care model (for HIV and other infectious diseases care); 3) Strengthen leadership and management capacities of chief nurses of military and civilian hospitals; and 4) Strengthen the National Technical Advisory Working Group (NTAWG) and establish the Military sub-NTAWG on Infection Control and Nursing; and 5) Strengthen the capacity and involvement of VNA as an advocacy professional organization.Overtime, VNA will transition its role to a supervisory role when teach-back training is taken over by military and civilian health professionals, who already received training at the trainning of trainers (TOT) level.
Geographic coverage: Throughout Vietnam with focus on the military healthcare system. -Target population: Healthcare workers with more focus on nurses and all patients. -This is an ongoing activity. Using FY 2012 funding for HIV care, VNA will provide critical capacity-building support to 1) sustain 3 outpatient clinics (OPCs) for HIV patients in the military healthcare system; and 2) strengthen the healthcare workforce in 28 other military hospitals in HIV care, intensive care and integrated infection control, including occupational exposure prevention. COP 12 activities: -Development and finalization of national accredited training curriculum for nurses and infection control specialist (pre-service and in-service);- Providing continued training of trainers (TOT) and teach-back training packages to selected civilian and military healthcare staff;- Promoting policy development in the related areas of nursing and infection control, including national policy on continued medical education (CME), licensure system for nurses, and an accreditation system for infection control specialists. In addition, as part of the capacity-building activity, training also will be provided to civilian health professionals who are and will be actively engaged in the same area of work as mentioned above; -Promoting and developing the linkage between the civilian and military healthcare system through mixed-participation training. Activities carried out by VNA will be directly engaged in the sustainment and enhancement of HIV OPCs at 3 military hospitals, namely 103 (Ha Noi), 175 (HCMC) and 121 (Can Tho); -In partnership with DOD PEPFAR, the Ministry of Defense (MOD)/Military Medical Department (MMD) and other related partners, continuing to provide routine observation, supervision and oversight through site visits and onsite coaching and mentoring for HIV clinical care, as well as to conduct pre- and post-training tests at all training courses. Target: 500 healthcare professionals receive in-service and pre-service training; 700 HIV patients receive at least 1 clinical care service, 100% OPC patients screened for TB;
*Geographic coverage: Throughout Vietnam. *Target populations: The primary target is Vietnam nurses (military and civilians), within and outside of the Vietnam Nurses Association (VNA). The secondary target is healthcare recipients. *Using FY 2012 funding, VNA will continue to strengthen the capacity and involvement of of VNA as an advocacy professional organization.*COP 12 activities:-Strengthening the nursing professional organization (VNA) to advocate for nursing professions: Support in developing technical, program management and policy advocacy skills so that nursing professionals can play a stronger role in developing, advocating and implementing policies, guidelines and strategic plans; -Supporting nurses in the organization to voice concerns within the profession (i.e. formalized scopes-of-practice and standards-of-practice through chapter meetings, professional meetings, etc.)
Principle activities to be carried out: PFIP 2.3; 3.2. *Geographic coverage: Throughout Vietnam with a focus on the military healthcare system.*Target population: Healthcare workers and all patients. *This is an ongoing activity, but the focus has been refined to promote country ownership and sustainability: building stronger collaboration between military injection safety and standard precaution initiatives with the existing national infection control program, meeting national standards, and preparing for the application of international best practices. While PEPFAR support aims to strengthen the overall countrys infection prevention and control program policy improvement, direct engagement will be focused on the enforcement of the injection safety guideline implementation and monitoring. *COP 12 activities: - In partnership with WHO in-country experts and other professionals from the National Infection Control Association, to provide technical assistance (TA) support for the Military Medical Department (MMD) to establish the sub-Technical Working Group (TWG) on infection control (Military Association of Infection Control); - Provide TA on the development of national guidelines and training curriculum on infection control and standard precautions; -Enhance training on standard precautions for PEPFAR-supported HTC and OPC staff, including other healthcare professionals; - Provide TA for advocacy for labor code changes to have dedicated infection control personnel in the healthcare setting.- Provide TA for an accreditation system for an infection control officer; - Provide TA for quality improvement program implementation at selected civilian and military hospitals; - Provide TA for a hospital-level assessment of pilot HIV and other blood-borne disease transmission prevention through the application of an injection safety program; - Provide minimum support to ensure sustained availability of blood-drawing equipment, safety boxes, gloves, etc., in HIV services.
