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.
The implementation of PEPFAR-Botswana's numerous HIV and AIDS interventions coupled with expansion of resources by both Government and the Donors has led to a marked increase in the amount of health-related data being generated nationwide. The systematic collection, analysis, dissemination and use of the data on the National response to HIV and AIDS are critical to ensure appropriate planning, policy formulation and resource allocation. Data quality is a key component in ensuring that the appropriate conclusions are drawn from the data captured at the facility level and transferred to national level.
Data quality basically means that the information collected as part of a program accurately represents its measurable activities. The information must be accurate and reliable, accurate in the sense that it measures what we intend to measure and reliable in that it has been collected and measured in the same way each programs across time, i.e., over all of the reporting periods.
More specifically, a program's information system adequately represents a program's activities if, along with accuracy and reliability, the data have qualities of completeness, precision, timeliness, and integrity.
USAID working with other agencies, CDC, DOD and Peace Corps is planning on strengthening the interagency efforts to achieve quality data from all USG partners.
The major goals of the DQA project are:
To contextualize a standard DQA tool selected by PEPFAR-BW to the Botswana setting.
To conduct DQA on 8 partners selected by PEPFAR-BW
To produce a report of the DQA that has recommendations for improved DQAs as well as how to incorporate DQA results into planning and program management
Disseminate the findings of the report and suggest follow up strategies.
Objectives:
1. To conduct data quality assessment amongst USG-implementing partners in order to inform program performance
2. To strengthen partner capacity in institutionalizing regular, reliable reporting on data within their M & E systems
3. To institutionalize DQA procedures within PEPFAR-Botswana
Project site:
8 partners' programs (4 USAID, 4 CDC) selected by PEPFAR-Botswana
Key activities;
Conduct a workshop on how to conduct DQA for implementing partners
Contextualize/adapt a standard DQA tool selected by PEPFAR-Botswana to the Botswana setting with the assistance of a Consultant from Measure Evaluation
Piloting the developed tool and conduct the DQA on the eight selected partners' programs.
Production of a report on the findings of the DQA and set recommendations and follow up mechanisms.
Disseminate the DQA report to the PEPFAR-Botswana team
This project is in line with the Partnership Framework goal 3, "To strengthen Strategic Information management of the National Response to enhance evidence based planning."
It will assist to build the capacity of all USG PEPFAR M & E to carryover the activity and achieve quality data from USG partners through leveraging M & E resources within USG agencies. This will enhance synergy and good quality data. Through this activity done jointly, sustainability will also be enhanced as the Botswana PEPFAR SI Team members are all trained.
MEASURE Evaluation will be requested to conduct capacity building for data quality assurance and auditing for PEPFAR program level output indicators in Botswana.
MEASURE Evaluation will provide a consultant/technical advisor to:
1. Conduct training on data quality auditing/assessment
2. Coordinate a data quality assessment for priority indicators at selected Implementing Partners (IP), and
3. Assist in the integration of data quality assurance into routine program monitoring through the creation of Program and IP-specific data quality work plans.
Main activities will be:
1. Training of auditors in DQA methodology and tools
2. Data Quality Audit
3. USG Data Quality Work Plan
The deliverables will include; Training Report, Audit Report and DQA Work Plan.
