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: 2013 2014 2015
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
In FY14, CDC’s Global AIDS Program (GAP) will enter the fourth year of its third five-year Cooperative Agreement (CoAg) with the Thailand MOPH. Specific objectives of the CoAg are to support Thailand’s national HIV strategy by:
• Supporting replicable models for prevention, care, and treatment;
• Improving the quality of prevention, care and treatment programs;
• Increasing the collection and use of SI;
• Sharing successful models by providing TA to other PEPFAR countries.
This approach follows USG and PEPFAR principles, including promoting the development of sustainable, country-owned programs, prioritizing M&E, and fostering research and innovation. All ARP technical support is for programs that are, or will be, fully integrated into routine, MOPH-managed public health programs.
CoAg activities have a national scope. Target populations include key populations (FSW, IDU, MSM, and prisoners); pregnant women (PMTCT); children (early diagnosis); and efforts that strengthen capacity overall (HCT systems; HIV care; laboratory systems, PwP; and SI).
As a TA-based CoAg, costs continue to be low for this implementing mechanism. Model development and evaluation are supported for a time-limited period, and then other donor or government funding is leveraged for program expansion and integration. This CoAg may be a model for service-delivery countries transitioning to Targeted Assistance models.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
