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• PEPFAR Prevention Guidance
• PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2012 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (August 2011)
• Technical Guidance Documents on Combination Prevention
• Integrating PMTCT, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health and Pediatric HIV Services (January 2011)
• PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2011 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (July 2010)
• Update on Public Health Evaluation (PHE) studies through PEPFAR (updated June 2010)
• Guidance for PEPFAR Partnership Frameworks and Partnership Framework Implementation Plans Version 2.0
• PEPFAR Next Generation Indicators Reference Guidance Version 1.1 (August 2009)
• PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2010 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (June 2009)
• PEPFAR Policy Change in Food and Nutrition Programming (October 2007)
• USAID Title II Food Aid Programs and PEPFAR: HIV and Food Security Conceptual Framework (Sept. 2007)
• Policy Guidance on the Use of Emergency Plan Funds to Address Food and Nutrition Needs (Sept 2006)
• Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programming Guidance (July 2006)
• Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Adults #1 (April 2006)
• Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers #1 (April 2006)
• HIV/AIDS Palliative Care Guidance#1 (February 2006)
• General Policy Guidance for All Bilateral Programs
• Previous Guidance

PEPFAR Prevention Guidance
-PEPFAR Prevention Guidance [ PDF version   ]

PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2012 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (August 2011)

Technical Guidance Documents on Combination Prevention
Technical Guidance: Prevention for People Who Inject Drugs
Technical Guidance: Prevention for Men Who Have Sex With Men

Integrating PMTCT, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health and Pediatric HIV Services (January 2011)
-PEPFAR Guidance on Integrating Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health and Pediatric HIV Services (January 2011) [ PDF version   ]

PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2011 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (July 2010)
-PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2011 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (July 2010) - PDF  [224 Kb]
-PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2011 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance Appendices (July 2010) - PDF  [836 Kb]

Update on Public Health Evaluation (PHE) studies through PEPFAR (updated June 2010)
-Update on Public Health Evaluation (PHE) studies through PEPFAR

Guidance for PEPFAR Partnership Frameworks and Partnership Framework Implementation Plans Version 2.0
-Guidance for PEPFAR Partnership Frameworks and Partnership Framework Implementation Plans Version 2.0 (September 2009)
-I. Partnership Frameworks: Introduction
-II. Partnership Frameworks
-III. Partnership Framework Implementation Plans
-IV. Negotiating, Reviewing and Signing the Partnership Framework
-Annex I - List of policy areas to be addressed in the Partnership Framework
-Annex II - HIV/AIDS-related policy reform citations
-Annex III - National AIDS Spending Assessments and National Health Accounts
-Annex IV - Paris Declaration and Monterrey Consensus
-Annex V - Health system strengthening priority-setting
-Annex VI - Strategic information resources
-Annex VII - Basic USG funding trends for PF goals areas
-Annex VIII - Sample table from Malawi PFIP describing goals and implementation modalities

PEPFAR Next Generation Indicators Reference Guidance Version 1.1 (August 2009)
-PEPFAR Next Generation Indicators Reference Guidance Version 1.1 (August 2009) - PDF  [1236 Kb]
-PEPFAR Next Generation Indicators Reference Guidance Version 1.1 - ERRATA (August 2009) - PDF

PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2010 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance (June 2009)
-PEPFAR Fiscal Year 2010 Country Operational Plan (COP) Guidance: Programmatic Considerations (June 2009) - PDF
-Supplemental PEPFAR FY 2010 COP Guidance: Streamlined COP Submission and Revised Timeline (August 2009) - PDF
-FY 2010 COP Guidance: Early Funding Requests for Country Operational Plans (August 2009) - PDF

PEPFAR Policy Change in Food and Nutrition Programming (October 2007)
-PEPFAR Policy Change in Food and Nutrition Programming
-PEPFAR Policy Change in Food and Nutrition Programming - PDF  [26 Kb]

USAID Title II Food Aid Programs and PEPFAR: HIV and Food Security Conceptual Framework (Sept. 2007)
-USAID P.L. 480 Title II Food Aid Programs and The President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief: HIV and Food Security Conceptual Framework
-USAID P.L. 480 Title II Food Aid Programs and The President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief: HIV and Food Security Conceptual Framework - PDF  [125 Kb]

Policy Guidance on the Use of Emergency Plan Funds to Address Food and Nutrition Needs (Sept 2006)
-Policy Guidance on the Use of Emergency Plan Funds to Address Food and Nutrition Needs
-Policy Guidance on the Use of Emergency Plan Funds to Address Food and Nutrition Needs - PDF

Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programming Guidance (July 2006)
-Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programming Guidance
-Orphans and Other Vulnerable Children Programming Guidance - PDF

Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Adults #1 (April 2006)
-Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Adults #1
-Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Adults #1 - PDF

Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers #1 (April 2006)
-Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers #1
-Guidance for a Preventive Care Package for Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers #1 - PDF

HIV/AIDS Palliative Care Guidance#1 (February 2006)
-HIV/AIDS Palliative Care Guidance#1
-HIV/AIDS Palliative Care Guidance#1 - PDF  [196 Kb]

General Policy Guidance for All Bilateral Programs
-Background
-Adherence to Emergency Plan Policy
-Collaboration with the Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
-Coordinated Programming Across USG Agencies
-Relationship to Host Country Strategies
-Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Technical Interventions
-Accountability and Focus On Results
-Communication and Support Strategy
-Reporting and Documentation
-Timeline
-Appendix 1: FY 05 Country Funding Levels (Aggregate Totals)
-Appendix 2: Countries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

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