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 2011 2012 2013 2014
Peace Corps' prevention activities in the Central America region support the Partnership Framework Goal 1: To increase healthy behaviors among MARPS to reduce HIV transmission, in particular, Objective 1: Increased implementation of cost-effective, context appropriate and evidence-based prevention interventions for MARPs and PLHIV. Peace Corps Volunteers' prevention activities will focus on promoting behavior change among most at risk populations, including at-risk young people, migrants, and where possible, MSM and CSW; and building the capacity of HIV-related service organizations and agencies to reach these populations. Activities will be implemented in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. (FY10 activities in Honduras and Belize will be funded through the F/Op for those countries.)
Peace Corps integrates a gender-focused approach to HIV prevention, through programs that address gender power imbalances. Programs targeting at-risk girls and women seek to provide them with the opportunities to develop the decision-making and other life skills needed to make healthy choices. Programs targeting at-risk men and boys demonstrate the positive impact that changing societal expectations and traditional masculine roles can have on the health and well-being of men and boys and, in turn, the women in their lives.
Peace Corps' strategy in general focuses on empowering communities by enhancing the capacity of individuals, service providers and organizations to identify needs and develop local solutions, which promotes sustainability of interventions after the Volunteer's 2-year assignment ends.
Volunteers report their results in a standardized report form, which is summarized for overall programmatic reporting. Volunteers and their counterparts receive training in monitoring and evaluation to ensure the quality of data reported. In-country and headquarters staff monitor Volunteers' activities through periodic site visits, stakeholder meetings and the Volunteers' reports.
Peace Corps in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama will support the implementation of behavior change communication (BCC) activities in the area of HIV/AIDS prevention among at-risk populations, including at-risk youth, migrants, and where possible, men who have sex with men and commercial sex workers. These BCC activities will seek to reduce stigma among community members and health workers, addressing gender inequities and building the capacity of local service providers (e.g., MOH and other ministries, C/FBOs and other local organizations) to implement HIV prevention interventions. Specific activities to be funded include, but are not limited to: training for Peace Corps staff, Volunteers and counterparts (e.g., MOH staff, teachers, peer educators, business owners, PLHIV association members) on developing and implementing effective prevention interventions; small grants for community-initiated prevention projects (e.g., outreach to at-risk populations, stigma prevention campaigns); workshops, trainings and other events to benefit host country partners; and reproduction and dissemination of technical materials. Peace Corps Volunteers' in the region work in the areas of youth development, health, education, small business and organizational development and natural resources management and will integrate BCC activities among at-risk populations through these sectors or as secondary projects. When possible, PEPFAR-funded workshops, training events and conferences will be coordinated with other USG partners to ensure a sharing of best practices and lessons learned. To promote high quality interventions at the community level, Volunteers and their counterparts will be trained in the concept of "Knowing the Epidemic" and BCC using evidence-based curricula. (In FY10, Peace Corps' actvities in Belize and Honduras will be funded through the F/Op in those countries.)
