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: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2018
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.
PEPFAR support under this mechanism is intended to enable the WHO to:
- Advocate and support the establishment of a functional National Public Health Laboratory
- In collaboration with PEPFAR and other partners, support the development of the National Laboratory Strategic Plan and Policy and provide advocacy for its implementation across the tiered health system
- Advocate and support the creation of a Laboratory Technical Working Group (LTWG) and a Blood Safety Technical Working Group (BSTWG)
- Provide technical assistance for the establishment of national laboratory networks, the SLIPTA process, and quality assurance systems for HIV, TB and blood safety testing services
- Advocate for developing a functional National Blood Transfusion Program and its regional branches
This mechanism is in direct support of the Government of Cameroon’s National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS objectives for HIV prevention, service provision and quality, and accreditation. It supports the PEPFAR Quality Strategy (PQS) to institutionalize improvement practices that will lead to sustained reductions in morbidity, mortality and transmission of HIV and other diseases.
It coverage is national, and its target is primarily administrative staff at the central level. Its main activities are advocacy with Ministry of Health staff and capacity building at the policy level.
The IP will conduct monthly activity meetings with PEPFAR and produce reports to track progress during implementation.
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.
