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.
USAID/Angola has requested MEASURE Evaluation (under the Carolina Population Center) to conduct Priorities for Local AIDS Control Efforts (PLACE) studies in Angola. The purpose of this rapid assessment is to identify geographic areas where HIV transmission is likely to be high and where prevention programs should be focused. PLACE will provide critical information including a list of venues where people meet new sexual partners, a description of characteristics of the venues and their patrons, and information to monitor youth-focused and general HIV/AIDS prevention programs at these venues, including information about sexual behavior. The study will provide quantitative data that will inform future strategic programming for PEPFAR Angola, especially HIV prevention programs, condom promotion and behavior change interventions.
An initial exploratory visit occurred in October, 2009 and proposals from interested local research organizations were solicited, and all proposals were evaluated for cost, complexity, and experience. It was decided that MEASURE Evaluation-UNC will provide technical assistance to Population Services International (PSI) in Luanda, Angola to implement fieldwork for this study. To that end, MEASURE Evaluation, in concert with PSI, completed a full draft of the submission to the National Ethics Committee, including a study protocol, all draft questionnaires, and consent procedures. The first two study locations were also decided in collaboration with USAID and the National Institute for HIV/AIDS Prevention (INLS). Pending final approval from the National Ethics Committee, the first two studies will be carried out in Rocha Pinto (a neighborhood of Luanda) and in downtown Luanda before September, 2010. As an alternative for the last locations, a proposal is being developed to cover the whole of Luanda.
COP FY10 funds will include two to five PLACE studies to cover both rural and urban areas of Angola; specific locations and number of studies will be decided in future consultation with GRA and local partner organizations. Maps produced and data collected as part of each study area will be disseminated broadly to facilitate participation and intervention development from various stakeholders and local implementing partners. Future studies are likely to include additional local partner organizations as MEASURE Evaluation aims to reduce their involvement and level of supervision so that local partners can build their internal capacity for conducting all aspects of PLACE studies..
Some examples of important capacity building efforts include intensive analysis and report writing, a stakeholders workshop to decide locations of subsequent studies, and a data use workshop for local stakeholders to generate interest in PLACE and train stakeholders in using data to inform interventions. Another objective of this approach is the training of a pool of Angolan social researchers and interviewers who can expand this initiative over the whole country in the coming years, linking research to action.
