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: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 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.
1. The major goal of this activity is local organizational and human capacity development in quality assurance and quality improvement of laboratory testing. The objectives are for ASM to develop training programs provided to Congolese laboratorians working in clinical health care facilities for improved diagnosis of HIV and TB. ASM will also improve the infrastructure of laboratories where these individuals currently work. Key expected intermediate outcomes include increased skills required to carry out quality-assured diagnosis of HIV and TB.
2. ASM will continue to explore partnership opportunities, both public-private and other kinds that help leverage funds, and the strategy, which involves transferring knowledge through onsite mentorship, is a cost-efficient manner to effect major changes.
3. ASM will continue to work with Congolese laboratory technical working groups at the central level to adapt training materials for DRC’s particular circumstances, so as to ensure country ownership. Furthermore, ASM will work directly with the Ministry of Health’s national reference laboratories for HIV and TB and national HIV and TB control programs to transfer proper management expertise via onsite mentorship and training programs.
4. ASM has an in-house M&E Specialist whose sole responsibility is to develop indicators to measure program activities. As part of the M&E strategy, the M&E Specialist will offer technical assistance to the Congolese stakeholders in defining an M&E plan that is manageable and most appropriate for measuring program progress.
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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.
