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 2016 2017
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.
Goals and objectives: The HIPA Project will build capacity in the MOH and with local health authorities and elected leaders in data quality assurance, the use of data for policy-making and advocacy, and the evidence-based design of health interventions. Efforts will include integrating various information systems, including that of the National HIV/AIDS Program, into the existing web-based HMIS and applying the data generated by the HMIS to improve performance of the overall health system. The project will also support the development of a UIS, working in conjunction with the TBD/Evaluation Project and the SI Central Initiative activity, for MARPS and PLHIV.
Geographic coverage and target populations: The project will target major referral hospitals, HIV service providers, and elected officials in provinces with high HIV prevalence. Target groups will include those MARPS and PLHIV, including HIV-positive pregnant women.
Cost-efficiency: The project will build central MOH capacity while also supporting efforts to decentralize resource decision-making and allocation, thus increasing resources, autonomy, and accountability at the service-delivery level.
Sustainability: The HIPA project will strengthen the Cambodian government's existing HMIS and integrate parallel information systems. It will also support the government's efforts at decentralization and provide it with the tools necessary for success.
Monitoring and evaluation: The HIPA Project will develop a monitoring plan upon award.
GHI Linkages: The project will strengthen host-country health systems, a GHI principle. In addition, it will improve the government's capacity to monitor and evaluate activities, increasing its ability to make data-based decisions-another GHI priority.
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.
