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.
The purpose of the Cooperative Agreement with the Republic Of Suriname (ROS) Ministry of Health (MOH) is to assist the Republic of Suriname in fully implementing its national HIV/AIDS strategic goals for laboratory services and systems strengthening, and strategic information, including systems for routine surveillance, behavioral and biological surveillance among Most At Risk Populations (MARPs) and HIV Case Reporting and monitoring and evaluation.
For laboratory support, this implementing mechanism will support the laboratory management framework that will prepare laboratories for accreditation and ensure continuous testing and release of quality results. Increasing access to point-of-care laboratory services, including expanded HIV rapid testing to MARPs and PMTCT programs, participation in external quality assessment (EQA) programs, use of paper-based and electronic Laboratory Informatics System (LIS); and training of both new and in-service laboratory personnel to cover key testing areas and quality systems essential components will also be supported.
For strategic information, CDC's five-year commitments are to support the implementation of systems for HIV/AIDS Surveillance and M&E in view of assisting the government to generate high quality, reliable data to characterize the epidemic and plan appropriate responses. Specific activities include: 1. Implementation of systems for HIV Case Reporting; 2. Implementation of behavioral surveys for selected Most-At Risk-Populations; and 3. Support for improvements in M&E data collection, analysis, and use for program improvement. Funds from this Co-ag will support the planning and implementation of HIV surveillance and MARP surveillance activities in Years 1, 2 and 3.
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.
