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: 2010 2011 2012 2013
ASM will support strengthen the diagnostic capacity of clinical laboratories (labs) in relation to TB and HIV opportunistic infections (OIs). ASM goals are: to address microbiological lab capacity-building needs by strengthening lab organizational and technical infrastructure, by training personnel and developing Quality Management (QM) Systems; assure the quality testing for tuberculosis (TB) and other OIs, by supporting the delivery of microbiology services to all HIV/AIDS, TB, and OI programs. ASM builds human capacity through the provision of technical assistance (TA) mentors for quality microbiology services; strengthens the capacity of labs to perform accurate test results by providing pre-service training; strengthen national external quality assurance (EQA) programs for TB and bacteriology diagnostics; provide technical guidance on lab infrastructure and equipment procurement and supplies for HIV/AIDS-related OIs testing; provide technical input to country lab strategic plans; provide in-country support for microbiology and diagnosis of OIs; support lab systems and strategic planning, standardization of all lab protocols, support pre-and in-service, and quality improvement training; strengthen the training network through the use of mentors; deploy basic microbiology training workshops over the next year followed on by onsite mentoring; coordinate training activities with local partners; and, also provide TA for strengthening of quality systems for labs seeking WHO/AFRO accreditation; monitor and evaluate labs as a means of tracking the key program performance to standardized tools for data collection and reporting to support real-time project monitoring to identify best practices and course corrections needed through input, process, and output indicators.
The American Society for Microbiology LabCap Program is working with CDC and the Ministry of Health in Zambia to strengthen the diagnostic capacity of clinical laboratories in relation to TB and HIV opportunistic infections in Zambia. ASM will primarily do so by providing training, mentoring and capacity building to human resources working in clinical microbiology and diagnostics in Zambia.
ASM will continue to provide technical experts to support CDC-Zambia laboratory staff and local laboratories for strengthening microbiology services and treatment of opportunistic infections. During multiple consultations of approximately one to two months, the experts will continue to offer onsite technical assistance for routine microbiology diagnostics and antimicrobial susceptibility testing in the form of mentoring. This will include onsite training for laboratorians in basic microbiology techniques as well as developing quality standards for microbiology diagnostics.ASM LabCap will aim, through this support, to continue to implement a quality assurance and management program within clinical microbiology laboratories, to include workflow plans, lab safety, recording and reporting of results, media and reagents quality control (QC), instrument maintenance, and specimen and record management; write the supporting SOPs; prepare the supporting forms, flowcharts, checklists, and worksheets; customize the details of the QM SOPs to the laboratory's needs and procedures; and develop SOPs for QA programs, training and competency, and internal QC.
