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: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
The purpose of this program is to reduce HIV-related maternal and child mortality by ensuring geographic reach of comprehensive PMTCT services within the national MCH and reproductive health (RH) system. Specifically, it seeks to expand PMTCT coverage and improve uptake from approximately 35% to 90% in the Southwest and Northwest Regions of Cameroon by integrating PMTCT services into existing ANC health facilities and promoting community-based PMTCT activites. Funds should also strengthen linkages between facility and community-based services to improve their effectiveness by increasing PMTCT utilization and follow-up of PMTCT clients (mother/infant pair) as well as improving linkages to comprehensive HIV services to ensure a continuum of care for pregnant HIV positive women and their exposed infants. Activities should include, but are not limited to the provision of: 1) HIV testing and counseling in ANC settings; 2) early infant diagnosis (EID); 3) antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for HIV-positive mothers and exposed infants; 4) PMTCT education; and 5) establishing linkages to comprehensive care and treatment services for HIV positive mothers and their children.While this mechanism is concentrated in two focus regions, the grantee(s) is expected to produce a model, and if found to be feasible, effective, and to improve health outcomes cost effectively, that could be used by the Government of Cameroon (GOC) and other implementers to expand and scale-up PMTCT services to other regions of Cameroon. Integration of PMTCT into the existing MCH and RH system is also required in order to promote one integrated health system and national ownership in line with the GRCs national strategic plan and PEPFAR II strategy.
Build long term institutional capacity for EID by offering on-site training to newly identified focus regions on HIV rapid testing and use of logbook, and enhance early tracking of HIV-infected infants to enable the early initiation of antiretroviral therapy and monitor PMTCT program efficacy.
Support the GOC in providing direct PMTCT services to health facilities in targeted region(s), including testing and counseling for HIV in ANC settings, provision of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) for HIV-positive mothers and exposed infants, EID and linkages to care and treatment services; Support collection of quality data at PMTCT sites within selected focus regions; ensure that this data are analyzed appropriately and made available to partners at the local, regional, and national levels, and used by PEPFAR Cameroon for data-driven decision making; Build SI capacity with partners through provision of hardware, software, and training at national and regional levels, and training and supervision at district and site levels, in data entry, data quality assurance, M&E, data storage, and data analysis in targeted regions
