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: 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Use of program monitoring data and other strategic information is weak in the region. CDC established a cooperative agreement with the Caribbean Health Research Council to provide M&E training and M&E capacity building for the 12 USG PF countries. This cooperative agreement will complement plans for country-level CDC Technical assistance in M&E Systems Strengthening and building of competencies in Data Analysis and Report Writing for program improvement, policy formulation and epidemic monitoring.
The program focuses on the development and implementation of a regional strategy for M&E Training and Capacity. A key deliverable under this mechanism will be the development of minimum standards for the M&E of HIV/AIDS programs for the Caribbean. CDC and other partners in the region will provide M&E technical assistance according to these minimum standards.
This implementing mechanism is in direct support of the USG Caribbean Partnership Framework Goal for Strategic Information (Goal 2) and Health Systems Strengthening (Goal 4). Surveillance Officers, M&E staff, Community Health Nursing staff and community health providers are the main target audience for this program.
This Cooperative Agreement will make a direct contribution to the development of regional and national-level M&E systems, including integrating health information needs for HIV/AIDS with routine data collection and reporting on other communicable and non-communicable diseases within the wider health sector.
The availability of high quality reliable data remains a cross-cutting and overarching priority. CDC will work with the Caribbean Health Research Council to achieve the results-based implementation of M&E capacity building activities, with set deliverables in Years 1, 2 and 3. Year 1 will include development and vetting of a regional M&E training strategy aligned with country, regional and PEPFAR priorities for strengthening the capacity of partner countries and Caribbean regional entities to strategically generate, collect, interpret, disseminate, and use high quality strategic information.
CDC will work in close collaboration with CHRC to ensure the efficient use of USG resources in achieving the programmatic priorities.
CHRC will report on progress towards essential level 1 indicators and additional outcome indicators on a semi-annual and annual basis via SAPR reporting.
Activities supported with FY08 monies will include: Development of a regional, results-based M&E training strategy for the 12 Focus Countries, followed by implementation of results oriented activities intended to achieve tangible improvements in M&E systems performance. Emphasis will be given to the linkage between training investments and improvements in data quality, and routine use of data for policy and program decision-making.
Indicator targets related to FY08 include the existence of high quality program monitoring reports for the preceding year, and development of Caribbean Guidelines for surveillance and M&E.
Activities supported with FY09 and FY10 monies will include: Implementation of regional, results-based M&E training strategy for the 12 Focus Countries, including implementation of results-based training activities to achieve tangible improvements in M&E systems performance. Emphasis will be given to the linkage between training investments and improvements in data quality, and routine use of data for policy and program decision-making.
Indicator targets related to FY09 and FY10 include the existence of high program monitoring reports for the preceding year, and use of Caribbean Guidelines for surveillance and M&E.
