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
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 purpose of this implementing mechanism (IM) is to strengthen capacity of the National Institute of Public Health (NIPH) of Cambodia in its role as the National Public Health Reference Laboratory. Objectives of this implementing mechanism are to improve management and technical systems to strengthen and sustain the National Reference Laboratory; implement and manage quality-assurance and laboratory-accreditation activities; and strengthen capacity in using laboratory information in public health practice.
Geographic Coverage and target populations: The public health laboratory system covers national hospitals, provincial referral hospitals, and district-level hospitals. In addition, as a result of support to more than 200 HIV counseling and testing sites, 22 provincial blood banks, and five microbiology laboratories throughout Cambodia, the program will reach the entire Cambodian population.
Transition to partner governments/sustainability and Cost Efficiency: The IM will increase the delivery of quality-assured laboratory services, which will lead to more effective use of resources in the public health system. NIPH will coordinate closely with National Center for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology, and STDs (NCHADS), National Blood Transfusion Services, and Bureau of Medical Laboratory Services (NBTS) to implement the activities.
Monitoring and evaluation: Laboratory outputs and surveillance data will be analyzed and used to generate reports, which will be reviewed with CDC and key partners, including NCHADS, NBTC, and NBTS, to identify problems, develop strategies for follow-up, and inform policy decisions.
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.
