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: 2008 2009
RIP+ (Réseau Ivoirien des Organisations de Personnes Vivant avec le VIH), a nationwide umbrella network
of PLWHA organizations created in 1997, works to establish and protect the legal rights and improve the
quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Through fund raising, sub-granting, advocacy, and mentoring,
RIP+ seeks to strengthen the capacities of its 43 active affiliates to build national and local responses to the
HIV/AIDS pandemic. A partner of the Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS (MLS) and the Ministry of Health
(MOH), RIP+ participates in the design and implementation of national policies and strategies as a member
of various technical working groups and committees.
In late 2006, RIP+ was awarded a three-year grant (at least $603,922 in FY07) as one of three Ivorian
organizations selected in the first round of the New Partners Initiative (NPI). Through the NPI program, RIP+
is implementing Project Servir in Côte d'Ivoire to achieve the following objectives: (1) build administrative
capacity of PLWHA organizations, (2) train the members of all PLWHA NGOs in positive HIV prevention, (3)
implement positive-prevention activities, (4) institutionalize a national testing day, (5) provide care and
support to newly diagnosed PLWHA, and (6) provide home-based palliative care to those in need.
In FY08, RIP+ will train and support affiliate organizations to provide a comprehensive package of
community-based HIV prevention services, including counseling and psychosocial support for positive
living, instruction in correct and consistent condom use, support for disclosure and partner/family testing,
and referral to health care as needed (including ART with treatment monitoring and TB screening and care)
as well as OVC and other services. In coordination with the ministries and other EP partners, RIP+ will
develop and implement a plan to increase access to HIV prevention technologies for highly vulnerable
populations by procuring condoms and lubricants and distributing them to people living with HIV and AIDS,
men who have sex with men, and people in prostitution, as part of a comprehensive HIV/AIDS prevention
approach. Prevention activities will be linked with with promotion of CT as well as care and
treatment services by integrating PLWHA into outreach activities.
FY08 prevention activities are expected to reach at least 15,000 people with Other Prevention interventions
and to train at least 300 people to provide such prevention interventions.
RIP+ will provide technical assistance and share its experience to assist national authorities and key
stakeholders, including its affiliate members, to define a simplified monitoring and evaluation plan for
community-based prevention and care activities. RIP+ will provide technical and management assistance to
ensure that local PLWHA organizations receive adequate information and assistance to access funding
opportunities supported by PEPFAR and other donors.
A fund-raising strategy will be put in place to ensure the sustainability of project activities. The project will be
monitored by ongoing data collection and a periodic feedback meeting among stakeholders. A final
evaluation combining a focus group discussion with PLWHA, key stakeholder interviews, and routine data
analysis will assess the project's effectiveness and identify lessons for future prevention activities.
RIP+ will manage the project and provide sub-grants and organizational and technical capacity-building to
its affiliate organizations. Direct care and support, as well as CT promotion and services, will be delivered
by local staff members of affiliate PLWHA organizations. Over three years, the project is expected to result
in HIV counseling and testing for at least 100,000 youths and adults through Cote d'Ivoire Testing Day and
to provide direct care and support services to at least 17,500 PLWHA nationwide.
With FY07 NPI funds, RIP+ is partnering with Alliance Cote d'Ivoire, a national umbrella NGO that manages
sub-grants and provides financial and technical assistance to sub-grantees, to build the capacity of RIP+'s
headquarters staff to manage a large number of sub-grants and provide management and technical
assistance to sub-grantees.
RIP+ is also working to strengthen affiliate PLWHA organizations to improve their management, transparent
governance, communication, and coordination and to promote continuum-of-care services. RIP+ is working
with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS, and key stakeholders to develop a
national pool of trainers, develop tools, and develop and implement a training plan in support of home- and
community-based palliative care.
In FY08, in coordination with the National HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program (PNPEC) and the
National TB Treatment Program (PNLT), RIP+ will provide sub-grants of about $5,000-$10,000 to at least
25 affiliate organizations to provide home-and community-based palliative care services to alleviate
psychosocial, physical, and spiritual distress; promote positive living; and support bereavement for at least
6,500 PLWHA and their family members in six geographic regions (North, South, West, East, Center,
Abidjan). Affiliates will work to improve community support for persons living with HIV or HIV/TB co-infection
and their families to address stigma and discrimination; promote treatment literacy and adherence; and link
clients to comprehensive services, including medical care (ART, TB treatment, and others) and community-
based palliative and OVC care.
RIP+ will work to link community mobilization, treatment literacy, and palliative care and other support
services, including TB-related home- and clinic-based palliative care, with related services in the geographic
area and to promote coordination at all levels through the district, regional, and national HIV and other
coordination forums. RIP+ will ensure that accurate and timely M&E reports are provided to the relevant
bodies and will contribute to building a single national M&E system.
community-based palliative care activities and to update guidelines for community palliative care as well as
treatment literacy. RIP+ will provide technical and management assistance to ensure that local PLWHA
organizations receive adequate information and assistance to access funding opportunities supported by
PEPFAR and other donors. RIP+ will also promote the creation of a simplified national referral system for
community-based palliative care to address the high rate of loss to follow-up within the care and treatment
program.
RIP+ will coordinate with the Ministry of Health's strategy for decentralizing care and treatment services to
ensure synergistic impact. A fund-raising strategy will be put in place to ensure the sustainability of project
activities. The project will be monitored by ongoing data collection and a periodic feedback meeting among
stakeholders. A final evaluation combining a focus group discussion with PLWHA, key stakeholder
interviews, and routine data analysis will assess the project's effectiveness.
5,000 PLWHA, including 1,000 with HIV/TB co-infection, and their family members in six geographic regions
(North, South, West, East, Center, Abidjan). Affiliates will work to improve community support for persons
living with HIV or HIV/TB co-infection and their families to address stigma and discrimination; promote
treatment literacy and adherence; and link clients to comprehensive services, including medical care (ART,
TB treatment, and others) and community-based palliative and OVC care.
In FY08, RIP+ expects to provide direct care to at least 1,000 people with HIV/TB and to train 50 people to
provide such care. RIP+ will work in partnership with TB care centers to implement a continuum of
integrated community-based palliative care services
quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Through fund raising, sub-granting, advocacy, and
mentoring, RIP+ seeks to strengthen the capacities of its 43 active affiliates to build national and local
responses to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. A partner of the Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS (MLS) and the
Ministry of Health (MOH), RIP+ participates in the design and implementation of national policies and
strategies as a member of various technical working groups and committees.
In 2006, RIP+ was awarded a three-year grant (at least $603,922 in FY07) to support of one of three Cote
d'Ivoire projects selected in the first round of the New Partners Initiative (NPI). Through the NPI program,
RIP+ will implement Project Servir to achieve the following objectives: (1) build administrative capacity of
PLWHA organizations, (2) train the members of all PLWHA NGOs in positive HIV prevention, (3) implement
positive-prevention activities, (4) institutionalize a national testing day, (5) provide care and support to newly
diagnosed PLWHA, and (6) provide home-based palliative care to those in need.
Direct care, support, and CT promotion will be delivered by local staff members of affiliate PLWHA
organizations. RIP+ will manage the project and provide organizational and technical capacity-building to its
member organizations. Over three years, the project is expected to successfully encourage HIV counseling
and testing for at least 100,000 youths and adults through Cote d'Ivoire Testing Day and to provide direct
care and support services to at least 17,500 PLWHA nationwide.
RIP+ will build on its experience and on outreach activities of its affiliates to continue to strengthen and
expand the capacity of local PLWHA to respond to HIV/AIDS in their communities, including strengthening
access to and uptake of HIV counseling and testing as a critical component of prevention and treatment
strategies. With FY07 NPI funds, RIP+ will collaborate with JHU/CCP to develop, launch, and institutionalize
a Côte d'Ivoire Testing Day. RIP+ will coordinate national planning meetings with the Ministry for the Fight
Against AIDS (MLS), the Ministry of Health (MOH), the Global Fund, PEPFAR partners (including EGPAF
and Alliance Cote d'Ivoire), the Public Health Pharmacy (PSP), CT centers, REPMASCI (network of
journalists and artist), and RIP+ affiliate members to develop a roadmap for the testing day. The first testing
day is planned as a pilot in the Abidjan area in late 2007, followed by year-long activities promoting CT and
culminating in the first nationwide testing day planned for FY08. These activities will involve PLWHA, NGOs,
and other HIV/ AIDS organizations in conducting ongoing community-awareness activities and promoting
family and couples testing. JHU/CCP and Alliance will assist RIP+ by providing technical assistance to
assure training, supervision, and quality of CT-related communication and community-mobilization activities.
RIP+ will assure the overall coordination, management, and monitoring of the testing day and will sign
memoranda of understanding with the National HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Program (PNPEC), the MLS,
the Global Fund, EGPAF, Alliance, and others to define the roles and responsibilities of the various parties
in support of the testing day. RIP+ will also sign MOUs with the heads of the 58 health districts to define
contributions, responsibilities, and assistance in achieving the target objective of the testing day.
With FY08 NPI funds, RIP+ will train at least 125 community-based PLWHA counselors to provide CT
promotion within the community and to assist in CT provision. The trained counselors will use innovative
community-based approaches to promote CT uptake and will assist CT sites with counseling and effective
referrals for newly diagnosed PLWHA. In collaboration with national stakeholders and EP partners, RIP+ will
work to build a national standardized referral system capable of ensuring a continuum of care for all
identified PLWHA.
JHU/CCP will provide technical assistance to RIP+ in developing a communications strategy involving a
national television broadcast and community-based radio stations. RIP+ will also seek JHU/CCP support to
develop, adapt, or replicate appropriate IEC and publicity materials.
activities. The project will be monitored by ongoing data collection and periodic feedback meetings among
interviews, and routine data analysis will assess the project's effectiveness. RIP+ will ensure that accurate
and timely M&E reports are provided to the relevant bodies and will contribute to building a single national
M&E system.
quality of life of persons living with HIV/AIDS. Through fund raising, advocacy, and mentoring, RIP+ seeks
to strengthen the capacities of its 43 active affiliates to build national and local responses to the HIV/AIDS
pandemic. A partner of the Ministry for the Fight Against AIDS (MLS) and the Ministry of Health (MOH),
RIP+ participates in the design and implementation of national policies and strategies as a member of
various technical working groups and committees.
In conjunction with technical capacity development interventions, the project will help ensure that RIP+
affiliate organizations have the necessary management and organizational capacities to sustain their
technical contributions to a scaled-up HIV/AIDS response at the community level. A special emphasis will
be placed on networking, working in partnership with already-existing programs, and building capacity to
leverage other resources as a way to ensure sustainability of their activities.
In FY08, in coordination with national authorities, key partners (including Alliance Cote d'Ivoire and
JHU/CCP), and national stakeholders, the RIP+ will:
- Develop its headquarters capacity to provide sub-grants and technical and administrative/management
support to its NGO affiliates;
- Provide the necessary technical support for the organizational development of 25 affiliate organizations,
including support to develop their internal systems and procedures. In consultation with local stakeholders,
a Project Selection Committee will be formed, and competitive and transparent granting systems will be
established;
- Continuously work to promote and enforce an established Code of Conduct for all affiliate organizations.
The code will enable RIP+ affiliates to respond to the challenges of sustaining democratic and participatory
institutional rules while creating an enabling environment in which PLWHA can collectively determine their
goals. The code will address themes such as values, transparency, good governance, accountability, and
partnership. RIP+ will reinforce the Code of Conduct by leading by example;
- Reinforce the capacities of the 25 affiliate NGO/CBO/FBOs to contribute to HIV prevention, care, and/or
treatment services, with technical support to promote good governance, develop effective advocacy skills,
and build capacity in basic bookkeeping, partnership building, resource mobilization, and monitoring and
evaluation;
- Develop lessons learned and recommendations for sustainability and continuity of quality services,
focusing on networking models and fund-leveraging capacity with local governments, the private sector, and
diverse donors.
