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: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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.
The Botswana Harvard Partnership (BHP) is developing sustainable training capacity in clinical care and treatment of HIV; expanding CD4, viral load and other laboratory testing and strengthening MOH monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity for HIV across all districts of Botswana. The Clinical Master Trainer (CMT) Program provides on-site training and mentoring and telephone support. These activities ensure that health professionals are up-to-date in HIV treatment and care and are improving their skills on a continuous basis. The CMT Program is also responsible for the introduction of new treatment guidelines for HIV-infected women in the national PMTCT program. BHP will provide training and mentoring to health workers in all districts on these new guidelines. The Laboratory Master Trainer (LMT) Program was developed to support establishment of decentralized laboratories capable of performing CD4, viral load and other tests to relieve the country’s two National HIV Reference Laboratories. Seven laboratory master trainers are providing training in conducting these tests, using a similar site support approach as the CMT Program. The goal is to create adequate capacity at the local level for laboratory tests. BHP supports the M&E Unit in the MOH through seconded staff. The strategic aims of the program are for the MOH to 1) support e-health and the Global Health Initiative, 2) develop and deploy country-owned, sustainable information systems and 3) provide information to improve programs. Activities to be transitioned to the GoB in the future. There is no PEPFAR allotment for FY 2014 COP, and this IM is scheduled to end 30 September 2014. It is anticipated that BHP will be able to maintain its activities through remaining pipeline funding.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
