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.
The Association Public Health Laboratories (APHL) has diverse expertise to support HHS/CDC including strategic planning for national laboratory networks, implementing laboratory information management systems (LIMS), and providing US-based and in-country advanced training for laboratory professionals.
In PEPFAR supported countries, the three-year strategic plan for APHL activities include core training initiatives that support laboratory strengthening, and country-specific action plans. APHL activities build sustainable capacity through training of trainers and developing indigenous capacity at ministries of health to manage laboratory projects.
In DRC, APHL will work in collaboration with CDC and MOH to complete SLMTA training and prepare the six laboratories for accreditation as well as work with Kinshasa School of Public Health and Beckton Dickinson International in a Public Private Partnership to strengthen training initiatives at the school. Support will cover laboratories in Kinshasa and target laboratory technical professionals at the bench level, and with various roles in the management of the labs. With the SLMTA activities, APHL will continue to mentor, coach and train mentors that can continue mentoring other laboratory professionals to ensure sustainability. APHL will also work with ASLM to carry out audits of through the SLIPTA checklist to evaluate improvements at the labs and monitor readiness of the laboratories for accreditation process.
APHL will work to complete activities as funding allows. APHL will work to complete activities as funding allows. There have been significant delays with funding in the current year and as a result project activities will commence in March 2014.
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.
