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PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
PEPFAR Civil Society Update
       AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD
         November 26, 2018
PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
The PEPFAR Program: a unique approach to foreign assistance
Critical objectives for 2019 and 2020
• Determine what things cost not what we are spending for MoF negotiations
   • ABC costing initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
   • FBO and NGO funding and differential model of investment
• Movement to indigenous partners (parastatal or private sector)
• Realignment of HQ and “concentrated epidemics” resources for maximal
  impact
• Critical review of all elements of program at the site level. What are we
  buying and what impact is it having and how long we need to buy each
  specific item.
• Positioning for long-term success at the site, district, National level
• Scaling index and self-testing.
• Filling the testing and treatment gaps quarter after quarter
• Comprehensive re-evaluation of West and West-Central investments
  unless policy change occurs
• Ensuring all ages and risk groups have the same equitable access to
  prevention and treatment services
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PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
PEPFAR’s Evolution
PEPFAR I (2001-2009)         PEPFAR II (2009-2014)           PEPFAR III (2014-present)
•   Emergency response       •   Shared responsibility &     •   Data, quality, oversight,
•   AIDS- a security issue       country-driven programs         transparency &
•   Rapid delivering         •   Ensuring an AIDS Free           accountability for impact
    prevention, care, and        generation                  •   Accelerating core
    treatment services       •   Building & strengthening        interventions for epidemic
•   Focus on individuals         health systems to deliver       control
    with late stage AIDS         HIV services                •   Ensure treatment of all
    defining illness         •   Scaling up of prevention,       HIV positive individuals
                                 care, and treatment             for their own health and
                                 services for people             stop transmissions
                                 without AIDS defining       •   Sustainability agenda
                                 illness                         based on data, actual
                                                                 costs and indigenous
                                                                 partners

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PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Main Messages
•   Epidemic control is possible and achievable
•   We know more than ever about programmatic
    performance and what we need to improve
•   Epidemic control is essential for long-term national
    fiscal health –infections are increasing in the youth
    – women 15-24 and men 25-35 which will have the
    longest investment tail
•   The demographics of SSA show this is the most
    rapidly expanding age group
•   Highest risk + largest age cohort = social and
    health risk and future instability

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PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Political Will Matters
POLICIES Matter
Data matters as it allows us to
see past perceptions and assumptions to
see who we need to reach and creates
the space for an equity based response
rather than an “equal response”

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PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Political Will
matters: countries
must address the
epidemic they
have versus want
they want to have
PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
New Infections in Russia vs Ukraine 2000-2017
                                       140,000

                                       120,000
                                                                                    Russia
Number of new HIV infections

                                       100,000

                                        80,000

                                        60,000

                                        40,000

                                        20,000

                                            0
                                        40,000
                                                 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
                                        35,000
        Number of new HIV infections

                                        30,000                                      Ukraine
                                        25,000

                                        20,000

                                        15,000

                                        10,000

                                         5,000

                                             0
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                                                 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Data matters
as it allows us to see
past perceptions and
assumptions to see
who we need to reach
and creates the
space for an equity
based response
rather than an “equal
response
PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Using granular data We
have identified the   key gaps in the
program execution and together we are
tailoring our response to the gaps
: testing of well children and
young adults as gateway to prevention
and treatment services and focused
site level program
improvements                            9
PEPFAR Civil Society Update - AMB Deborah L. Birx, MD November 26, 2018 - Global Faith Initiative
Community Viral Load Suppression By Age
and Gender

        *Pooled data from Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
        from PHIA projects.
Sites targeted for intervention to improve viral suppression
Challenges in viral suppression among children
% of Adult ART Patients per Country on ARV Regimens, at
              the end of the COP18 TLD Transition (pre June, 2018
                        WHO/PEPFAR Revised Guidance)
                    % on TLD   % on TLE or TEE   % on LNZ   % on All other Regimens
100%

 90%

 80%

 70%

 60%

 50%

 40%

 30%

 20%

 10%

  0%

#PEPFAR15

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% of Adult ARV Patients per Country on ARV Regimen at the
         end of the COP 18 TLD Transition (per revised TLD Supply
        Plans, submitted in June/July 2018 – Post DTG Safety Notice)
                      % on TLD   % on TLE or TEE   % on LNZ   % on All other Regimens
100%

 90%

 80%

 70%

 60%

 50%

 40%

 30%

 20%

 10%

  0%

#PEPFAR15

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% of Adult ART Patients per Country on ARV Regimens,
                             as of August, 2018
                   % on TLE or TEE   % on TLD   % on LNZ   % on All other Regimens
100.00%

 90.00%

 80.00%

 70.00%

 60.00%

 50.00%

 40.00%

 30.00%

 20.00%

 10.00%

  0.00%

#PEPFAR15

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Conclusions from Modeling of TLD Transition

Phillips
Using a standard DALY (disability-adjusted life-years) framework for comparing health
outcomes from a public health perspective the benefits of transition to TLD for all substantially
outweigh any risks.
Potential to avert 150,000 AIDS deaths/year among 15 million on ART.
Dugdale
• Dolutegravir-based ART would avert >30,000 deaths among women of childbearing age and >5,000
  pediatric HIV infections compared to efavirenz-based ART, but result in ~6,000 excess pediatric
  deaths over a five-year period in South Africa
• A WHO guideline-concordant approach could mitigate adverse pediatric outcomes, but would result
  in many more deaths among women than dolutegravir for all
Bern meeting 9/21: No further models expected. Both models robust for strong benefits for
all-DTG approach. These models will be updated with new data but bottom-line results would
only change if new data demonstrate much higher NTD risk (Tsepamo) or smaller benefit of
DTG compared to EFV (NAMSAL*).
    *NAMSAL EFV400 vs DTG initial ART in adults (CdI) 48-wk trial results presented in Glasgow, Oct 31, 2018

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Conclusions

• PEPFAR remains committed to broad implementation of DTG-based
  regimens as first and second line treatment.

• We continue to work closely with our country teams to advocate for
  broader availability of DTG for women and to provide resources for
  implementation.

• The community of women living with HIV must be included in decision
  making at every level.

• We support integration of women’s health services into HIV care and are
  working with countries to increase contraceptive options.

• We are supporting multiple efforts to obtain additional data on BD risk
  rapidly and supporting ongoing birth defect surveillance in Uganda and
  Malawi.

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Progress is possible with the right
policies and using data to focus the
program
Progress and has been demonstrated
when we are utilizing the best science
and tools, AND the triangulation of
program data, qualitative data and
community surveys has shown us our
successes and failures and provide a
road map to change the course of the
HIV pandemic
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Where are we?
Eastern and Southern Africa                     High prevalence
                                                  generalized
Expansion of services through deliberative
                                                   epidemics
collaboration between PEPFAR, GF,
governments, and community
Demonstrated outcomes lead to
impact; rapid policy adoption,
continuous monitoring of progress

GAPS : Prevention interventions to saturation
15-30 age group
Early Treatment - Men – all ages
Clinical and prevention cascade for key
populations
Refocusing the program around core interventions changed
the course of the second pandemic wave
Countries where out-year costs to PEPFAR will decline by 2020
Due to lowering new infections to less than all cause mortality

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Countries where out-year costs to PEPFAR will decline by 2020-2021
Due to lowering new infections to less than all cause mortality

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Countries where out-year costs to PEPFAR will decline after 2021 unless
trajectory changes

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Lesson learned from East and
Southern Africa – the progress to
date – nearly a 50% decline in
incidence has occurred with
missing more than 50% of the men
–especially healthy young men – if
this is addressed the epidemic can
be controlled

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Where are we?
West/West Central Africa                                          Low prevalence
Slow expansion of critical prevention and treatment                   mixed
services despite resources                                          epidemics
Unclear epidemiology with mixed epidemics
Slow policy adoption, user fees – formal and
informal- prevent access to health services;
unrelenting stigma and discrimination;
Key gaps
Clinical and prevention cascade for key populations
Inconsistent political will to address all key populations with
necessary interventions
Ensuring access to services for young people and men of all
ages
Strategies to address stigma and discrimination
Countries where we are focusing on policy change to have
impact

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Lesson learned from West
and West Central Africa
region:
POLICIES Matter
Progress in policy changes
necessary for success
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Where are we?
Key population epidemics – Eastern                                Concentrated
Europe, Central Asia, Asia, Caribbean and                          epidemics

Latin/Central America
Poor performance of prevention and treatment cascades - with
PWID>>SW>MSM
Different issues in the cascades by risk group
Pilots without scaling
Unrelenting stigma and discrimination
Investments have not achieved impact
Key gaps
Clinical and prevention cascade for key populations
Inconsistent political will to address all key populations with
necessary prevention interventions
Impactful strategies to address stigma and discrimination
New Infections in Russia vs Ukraine 2000-2017

                                       140,000

                                       120,000
                                                                                    Russia
Number of new HIV infections

                                       100,000

                                        80,000

                                        60,000

                                        40,000

                                        20,000

                                            0
                                        40,000
                                                 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
                                        35,000
        Number of new HIV infections

                                        30,000                                      Ukraine
                                        25,000
                                        20,000
                                        15,000
                                        10,000
                                         5,000
                                             0
                                                 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

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Evolving our
programs rapidly
using the best
science and new
tools and evaluating
why something is not
working
KEY GAP : Prevention and treatment Services for
Young Men AND Adolescent Girls & Young Women
              DREAMS
              Risk avoidance and reduction
              Sexual violence prevention, PrEP
Girls and     Finding young men and                Well HIV +
Young Women   ensuring diagnosis and treatment     Young Men

                                        25-35 yo
  9-24 yo
                                                   HIV
                      Uninfected
                      Young Men
                                   VMMC
                        15-30 yo   Condoms
                                   PrEP
Local Indigenous
Partners
Build local capacity and reduce cost of services

Achieve 70% local implementation by 2021

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Burden-Sharing
Current cost sharing model different
across all countries

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The PEPFAR Program: a unique approach to foreign assistance and an dual
use platform

Critical objectives for 2019 and 2020
• Determine what things cost not what we are spending for MoF negotiations
   • ABC costing initiative in Kenya and Tanzania
   • FBO and NGO funding and differential model of investment
• Movement to indigenous partners (parastatal or private sector)
• Realignment of HQ and “concentrated epidemics” resources for maximal
  impact
• Critical review of all elements of program at the site level. What are we
  buying and what impact is it having and how long we need to buy each
  specific item.
• Positioning for long-term success at the site, district, National level
• Scaling index and self-testing.
• Filling the testing and treatment gaps quarter after quarter
• Comprehensive re-evaluation of West and West-Central investments
  unless policy change occurs

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COP 19 Priorities
  & Process

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COP 19: Regionalization and Country Pairs

           Western
            Hemi-
           sphere
                                   Western Hemisphere Region: Panama,
                                   Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, El
                                   Salvador, Brazil, Jamaica, Trinidad &
                      West/Cent
                                   Tobago, Guyana, Barbados, Suriname
                      ral Africa

                                   West/Central Africa Region: Ghana, Mali,
 Regions                           Togo, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Liberia,
   and                      Asia
                                   Sierra Leone
 Country
  Pairs
                                   Asia Region: Thailand, Laos, Burma,
                                   Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic,
                       Haiti/DR    Tajikistan, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Papua
                                   New Guinea

           Namibia/
            Angola                 Country Pairs: Haiti/DR and
                                   Angola/Namibia
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Purpose of Regionalization

1. To consolidate and share technical assistance and expertise across
   former STAR OUs, including the integration of programs currently
   receiving their funding through the F Operation Plan (F-OPs).

2. Increase efficiency through the consolidation of functions and the numbers
   of U.S. Direct Hires across former STAR countries sharing technical
   expertise across the region in an integrated manner.

3. Preserve and increase programmatic funding for effective activities and
   expand them regionally.

All countries/regions/pairs will follow the same process for COP 19.

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Principles for COP19 Guidance

  COP18 guidance is the foundation of COP19 Guidance

  COP19 Guidance includes Standard Process Countries,
   Regional Programs and Country Pairs

  Continue to use similar format for presenting planning
   steps and technical considerations

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Content Updates for COP19 Guidance
 Stay the course if there is evidence the implementing partners
  have aligned with the new policies, no new requirements

 Essential updates in planning, programmatic, and
  budget/management categories with emphasis on performance
  and proactive addressing of gaps

 Retaining priority areas of emphasis for COP18 with additional
  emphasis on case finding, TB-IPT, and linking expenditures to
  program performance

 Continued emphasis on increasing engagement and support to
  local, indigenous partners, including faith-based organizations
  and use of KPIF as bridge to peer programming

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Two New/Revised Sections

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2.2 Minimum Program Requirements
 Adoption and implementation of Test and Start across all age, sex, and risk
 groups.

 Adoption and implementation of differentiated service delivery models,
  including six month multi-month scripting (MMS) and delivery models to
  improve identification and ARV coverage of men and adolescents.

 Completion of TLD transition, including women of childbearing potential and
  adolescents, and removal of NVP-based regimens.

 Scale up of index testing and self-testing, and enhanced pediatric and
  adolescent case finding.

 TB preventive therapy (TPT) for all PLHIV must be scaled-up as an integral
  and routine part of the HIV clinical care package.

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2.2 Minimum Program Requirements (continued)
 Direct and immediate (>90%) linkage of clients from testing to treatment
  across age, sex, and risk groups.

 Elimination of all user fees for direct HIV services and related services, such
  as ANC and TB services, affecting access to HIV testing and treatment.

 Completion of VL/EID optimization activities and ongoing monitoring to ensure
  reductions in morbidity and mortality across age, sex, and risk groups.

 Monitoring and reporting of morbidity and mortality outcomes.

 Alignment of OVC packages of services and enrollment with 9-17 year-old
  populations served through clinical HIV services, including integrated case
  management.

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2.3 Overcoming Barriers to Epidemic Control
 Essential Programmatic Elements for Sustainable Epidemic
  Control (ECT I)
   Good governance and leadership reflected in policy adoption and data
    use
   Patient-centered integrated care
   Locally led implementation of HIV services
   Comprehensive HIV surveillance
   Public Health Response
   Quality
   Supply chain and laboratory optimization
   Health Information Systems
   Human Resources for Health
   Domestic resource mobilization and all-market approach

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2.3.2 Transitioning HIV Services to Local Partners

Local Partners play an important role in reaching sustained epidemic control
and are essential in both delivery of direct HIV prevention and care services
and non-service delivery technical assistance.
    Build local capacity and reduce cost of services
    Achieve 70% local implementation by 2021

COP19 emphasizes increased engagement of local partners, including faith-
based organizations, within all PEPFAR programs – Standard Process and
Regional Programs – and clarifies expectations for including and expanding
local partner engagement throughout the COP19 planning and budget
allocation process.
    Intent, current agency progress, and definition of LP – Section 2
    Methods to increase Engagement in Service Delivery – Sections 2 and 3
    Methods to ensure adequate budgeting given increased costs to deliver services
     – Sections 2 and 3

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MER Indicator Reference Guide
• MER 2.0 (v2.3) was
  released on September 26,
  2018.

• Guidance incorporates data
  flow examples and sample
  visualizations for new or
  more complex indicators

• 35 total indicators:
   • 7 new indicators: AGYW_PREV,
     CXCA_SCRN, CXCA_TX,
     HTS_INDEX, HTS_RECENT,
     PrEP_CURR, TX_ML
   • 1 indicator retired: TX_RET
   • 1 indicator moved from core MER to
     host country reporting: HRH_STAFF
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PEPFAR Financial Classification
The PEPFAR financial classification is a
structure whereby PEPFAR activities
                                                             Monitoring
and services and corresponding budgets
                                                             PEPFAR Program
and expenditures can be conveniently                         Expenditures
and uniformly organized, clearly
identified, and easily accounted.

It answers the following questions:
1. Organization: Who is spending?
2. Program: What is the purpose?
3. Beneficiary: Who benefits?
4. Object: What was purchased?

The Monitoring PEPFAR Program
Expenditures document provides an          Financial
overview of how the structure and          Classification
                                           Reference Guide
content of expenditure reporting are
different in FY 2018 to reflect PEPFAR’s
shift from target-based budgeting to
program-based budgeting.
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COP 19 Process – Key Dates

 Activity                                      Date

 Draft guidance posted for public comment      December 1 - 21, 2018 (tentative)

 Final guidance released                       January 16, 2019

 In-country strategic retreats                 January 28 – February 1, 2019

 COP 19 In-Person Planning Meetings            Group 1: March 4-8, 2019 (South Africa)
                                               Group 2: March 11-15, 2019 (South Africa)
                                               Group 3: March 18-22, 2019 (South Africa)
                                               Asia: April 1-5, 2019 (Bangkok)
                                               Western Hemisphere: April 8-12, 2019 (DC)
 COP submission                                Group 1 March 29, 2019
                                               Group 2: April 5, 2019
                                               Group 3: April 12, 2019
                                               Asia: April 19, 2019
                                               Western Hemisphere: April 26, 2019
 Virtual COP approval                          Groups 1-3: April 15 -25, 2019
                                               Asia + Western Hemisphere: April 30, 2019

 Group 1: Burundi, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda*, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
 Group 2: Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia/Angola, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, Zimbabwe
 Group 3: Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Haiti/DR, Nigeria, Ukraine, Vietnam, West Central Africa
 *Rwanda-specific guidance forthcoming

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Select Programmatic
    and Initiative
      Updates

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Key Populations Investment Fund
             (KPIF)

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Status Update on KPIF
   • IAS announcement on transition to traditional funding mechanism
     through PEPFAR Implementing Agencies (CDC and USAID)

   • Funds recently received Congressional approval via the normal
     Congressional notification process utilized for all PEPFAR funding
     and being apportioned to agencies.

   • S/GAC has been working with senior agency leadership and SMEs
     to plan and coordinate the implementation of the KPIF, including
     prioritization of populations, geography and activities.

   • A priority is to use current prime local implementing mechanisms to
     program grassroots indigenous peer-led KP prevention and
     treatment services to key populations.

#PEPFAR15

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KPIF Planned Activities
•      Increase KP testing coverage and HIV case finding
       through confidential KP-competent self-testing, index
       testing, and social network testing strategies with 100%
       linkage to treatment and preventions services

•      Address structural barriers that inhibit access to and the
       effectiveness of HIV services

•      Retain KP and achieve viral load suppression

•      Scale Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U) messaging

•      Scale PrEP delivery through community-and-facility
       based models

•      Strengthen the capacity of KP-led indigenous
       organizations to implement and document the success
       of community-focused HIV and wraparound services

    #PEPFAR15

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Opportunities for KP and CSO
                   Engagement
• Ensure KPIF is a regular agenda item for headquarters-based
  meetings with CSOs

• Directed USAID and CDC to ensure local KP groups have been
  consulted at the country level prior to finalization and implementation
  of country-specific KPIF plans

• Once KPIF implementation has begun, country teams will include
  KPIF updates and performance as part of their regular engagements
  with local CSOs

#PEPFAR15

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TB

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PEPFAR TB Priorities
                                        1st 95:
                                        • Find and test TB symptomatics (not just TB
                                          pts) for HIV

                                        2nd 95:
                                        • Ensuring all TB/HIV pts receive ART
                                          • Extra dolutegravir (50 mg) for TB/HIV pts on
                                             TLD

                                        3rd 95:
                                        • Integrated TB/HIV Care: Improve retention and
                                           adherence by ensuring all PLHIV with TB
                                           managed in one clinic

Cross-cutting efforts to reduce mortality:
• Improve TB screening and diagnosis in ART patients
  Screen for TB symptoms at HIV diagnosis and each clinical encounter
  TB symptoms trigger GeneXpert (MTB/RIF) Ultra for all PLHIV with symptoms; urine LAM
     for any hospitalized PLHIV with advanced disease
• Increase TB preventive therapy (TPT)
  Monitor for adverse events and document completion of therapy

                                                                            #PEPFAR15
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PEPFAR’s Commitment to TB/HIV Services

• PEPFAR will take responsibility for TB Prevention Treatment (TPT) among enrolled
  PLHIV, leveraging the established platform to fully and efficiently provide TPT
• TB/HIV Community of Practice has been formed that includes the PEPFAR
  interagency TB, HIV care and treatment, and M&E experts
• Landscape analysis being conducted to better describe country obstacles and
  issues for TB & TB/HIV services
• Working with Unitaid and the Aurum Institute to negotiate the cost of rifapentine
  (with Sanofi) and to generate manufacturer interest in producing a generic version.
• A full toolkit for TPT implementation has been developed with an educational
  webinar series based on it.
• Partnering with Aurum on their IMPAACT4TB platform to better study the potential
  impact and feasibility of using the shorter rifapentine-based regimens in PEPFAR
  countries.

                                                                          #PEPFAR15
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DREAMS Achievements & Results

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DREAMS In-person Deep Dive

• Sent teams to 10 original DREAMS countries to better
  understand:
  • DREAMS Implementation
  • Context
• Exploring the following topics and linking with results:
  • Core package
      • Components of core package implemented and excluded (where & why)
      • Changes in core package over time
      • Components slow/fast to roll out
  • Primary partners & stakeholders, including governance structures
  • Rigor of implementation monitoring
  • Recruitment of most vulnerable AGYW
      • Entry points, criteria
  • Layering of interventions
  • Country context
Conclusions from DREAMS
                  Monitoring

• Teams are recruiting vulnerable AGYW, but perhaps not the MOST
  vulnerable
  – Sources: Population Council implementation science & country
    narratives
  – ACTION TAKEN  gathering vulnerability assessments used in each
    country to assess where improvements can be made

• Teams report a focus on layering in their implementation of
  DREAMS, but few can document their progress quantitatively
  – Source: Semi-annual narratives, site visit observations
  – ACTION TAKEN  New MER indicator that will require teams to have
    systems to track layering for unique AGYW. We will now be able to track
    layering progress over time at the district level.
What we have learned and the
                     questions that remain

• Comprehensive prevention interventions work for AGYW – most
  of the time, and in most places

• What factors might explain differences in new diagnoses between
  districts?
   o Number of implementing partners; presence of coordinating partner
   o Differential VMMC and treatment coverage for young men
   o Fidelity to DREAMS evidence-base

• What might explain difficulty achieving results in urban settings?
   o How do AGYW lives differ in urban & rural settings?
   o What programming changes might help in urban settings?
MenStar Coalition

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Structure of the Partnership:
Private Sector will focus on the Demand; PEPFAR will focus on the Supply

        DEMAND:
     Will use its core
competencies in consumer
  marketing to develop
  segmented messages,                               SUPPLY:
                                               Will make service
 branding, and an overall
                                        delivery/facility-based changes,
  marketing campaign to                optimized testing strategies, self-
 improve the demand for                   testing, and decentralized,
healthcare services by men               community-based services to
                                       improve the supply of healthcare
                                                services for men
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We have a marketing challenge to solve

•   We need to improve the demand for healthcare
    services by men.

•   The private sector is working to solve this challenge
    by trying new and different things.

•   They are using their core competencies to develop
    segmented messages, branding, and an overall
    marketing campaign.

•   They have already uncovered some valuable
    insights that they are using to inform their
    campaigns (see next slide).

•   Additionally, they are funding HIV Self-Testing
    through a number of different avenues.

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Insights: Qualitative Research Findings
• Men do not know the benefits of early testing and treatment
• Men are not indifferent; they are scared
• Many men live with unresolved grief and trauma, as well as
  high stress
• Men experience going to the clinic as deeply disempowering
• Fear of disclosure, particularly to one’s main partner, can be
  paralyzing
• A positive test threatens a man’s life AND his identity as a
  man
• Men who did not actively choose to test may be less likely to
  start treatment

                             Breaking the Cycle of Transmission:
                        Increasing uptake of HIV testing, prevention and   64
                    linkage to treatment among young men in South Africa
PEPFAR Status Update
• We are committed to breaking the cycle of transmission and
  achieving epidemic control by employing innovative programmatic
  approaches over the next year to reach more men with HIV treatment
  services.

• We are holding ourselves accountable through clearly outlined
  targets to measure progress against. Our goal is to reach an additional 1
  million men aged 24-35 with lifesaving HIV services and to virally
  suppress 90% of them.

• We have provided our PEPFAR Country Teams with technical
  guidance for their COP planning on strategies that could yield greater
  results by either being implemented alone or in combination.

• Through our Epidemic Control Teams we have identified successful
  solutions that we intend to scale-up (i.e. Men’s Corners in Lesotho;
  Community Adherence and Support Groups).

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What indicators are we collecting, and why?
•   PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER)
    indicators will be used to track progress towards coverage
    goals, help identify and prioritize geographies, and identify
    opportunities for course-correct, as needed.

•   MER indicators include:
     HTS_TST – Number of men who received HIV testing
      services
     HTS_TST_POS – Number of men who received HIV
      testing services and tested positive
     HTS_SELF – Number of HIV self-test kits distributed
     TX_CURR – Number of men currently receiving
      antiretroviral therapy
     TX_NEW – Number of men newly enrolled on
      antiretroviral therapy in current quarter
     TX_NET_NEW – Net increase number of men currently
      on antiretroviral therapy (difference in quarterly
      TX_CURR)
     TX_PLVS – Percentage of antiretroviral therapy
      patients with a suppressed viral load

*Indicators will be aligned to the age group 25 – 34 years, to
the extent possible.
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Enhancing Faith-Based Engagement
  to Reach HIV Epidemic Control
               2018

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Reaching Well Men, Women, and Children,
Where They Are:
Pew-Templeton Research
How often do you attend religious services?
                      “>= Weekly or 1-2 times/month”
     BOTSWANA                                    77

   SOUTH AFRICA                                       82

        UGANDA                                                  89

    MOZAMBIQUE                                                   91

        NIGERIA                                                  91

         KENYA                                                   91

       RWANDA                                         82

        ZAMBIA                                                       92

       TANZANIA                                            86

                  0       20         40     60        80                  100
                               Percentage
FBO Strategy Staffing Structure
 • Three assessment teams – of 3 HQ staff each
 • Each team concentrates on FBO priority focus
   areas for COP 2018, with primary focus on one
   area and secondary focus on remaining two areas
     – Reaching men and boys
     – Sexual violence prevention and HIV prevention
       through avoiding sexual risk among 9-14 year
       olds
     – Pediatric and adolescent treatment
 • Prioritize 10 countries for 2018 – Malawi, Zambia,
   Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho, Haiti, Uganda,
   Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Kenya
 • Timing of assessments – all completed by Dec 7,
   2018
Purpose & Objectives
Purpose: Identify opportunities to advance reaching
HIV epidemic control through enhancing engagement
with faith-based partners, including FBOs, FBHPs, &
faith communities
Objective #1: To engage with key faith-health leaders
and organizations to map and analyze the:
  1. Access, influence, and capacity of existing faith-based and new
  indigenous partners to reach well men & boys, women & girls, and
  underserved in informal settlements, with a focus on gap analysis
  2. FBO structures and networks that may be options for advancing
  education re: 90-90-90 cascade for well men, women, children, and the
  underserved
  3. Potential of existing FBO and new indigenous partners to reach well
  men, women, children, and underserved with: Services – Optimized
  testing, linkage/retention, VMMC; and Prevention of sexual violence &
  HIV through sexual risk avoidance, ages 9-14
  4. Potential of existing and new indigenous faith-based partners to
  prevent harm by addressing stigma and discrimination, and influence of
  faith healing in religious congregations on ARV adherence
Purpose & Objectives

Objective #2: Based on fact-finding mission for
mapping and gap analysis, develop preliminary
recommendations for enhanced engagement with faith-based partners:
  • Tier One: Raise awareness and engage existing and new indigenous faith-
    based partners in strategic areas
  • Tier Two: Build capacities of existing and new indigenous faith-based groups to
    advance services and prevention through their existing structures
  • Tier Three: Extend engagement and integration of FBOs and faith-based
    groups into current testing, OVC, prevention platforms at clinic/community level
    in select SNUs
PEPFAR Reauthorization

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PEPFAR Reauthorization 2018
•   The U.S. House passed H.R.6651 PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 under suspension by voice vote on November 13 th.
•   The U.S. Senate is poised to pass HR.6651 PEPFAR Extension Act of 2018 through the hotline process of unanimous
    consent the week of November 26th.
•   The Senate and House bills are identical and extend the current PEPFAR authorities through 2023.

     U.S. Senate Sponsors & Cosponsors                          U.S. House Sponsors & Cosponsors
    Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN]              09/18/2018           Rep. Smith, Christopher [R-NJ-4]     08/03/2018
    Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ]         09/18/2018           Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-13] 08/03/2018
    Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]      09/25/2018           Rep. Royce, Edward R. [R-CA-39]      08/03/2018
    Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] 09/25/2018                       Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16]       08/03/2018
    Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA]          09/25/2018           Rep. Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-27] 08/03/2018
    Sen. Young, Todd C. [R-IN] 09/25/2018                     Rep. Bass, Karen [D-CA-37] 08/03/2018
    Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM]                                    Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-8]  09/25/2018
    09/25/2018                                                Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]   09/26/2018
    Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] 09/25/2018                    Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-30]         09/27/2018
    Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE]    10/03/2018           Rep. Reichert, David G. [R-WA-8]     09/27/2018
    Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] 10/03/2018                      Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]    09/27/2018
    Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] 10/03/2018                      Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]    09/27/2018
    Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]          10/03/2018           Rep. Thomas Garrett [R-VA-5]         10/30/2018
    Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]         10/11/2018           Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL-20]         11/09/2018
    Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA]
    10/11/2018
    Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]       10/11/2018
    Sen. Sasse, Ben [R-NE]
    10/11/2018
    Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA]               11/13/2018
    Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]         11/13/2018
    Sen. Shelley Moore Capito [R-WV]     11/13/2018
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    Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]             11/13/2018
World AIDS Day
     2018

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World AIDS Day 2018 – Latest Results

                       Stay tuned to www.pepfar.gov for updates and
                       announcements:
                       •   Annual program results

                       •   New results from Nigeria AIDS Indicator and
                           Impact Survey (NAIIS) and Ethiopia Population-
                           based HIV Impact Assessment (PHIA)

                       •   PEPFAR receipt of Eisenhower Global Citizens
                           Award (BCIU)

                       •   Participation at Mandela 100: Global Citizens
                           Festival in South Africa

                       •   DREAMS report with 3 year impact data

                       •   A Global Battle: An Atlantic Forum on HIV/AIDS
                           Today
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