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
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.
Tulane’s overarching goal is to increase the quantity and quality of Strategic Information available in country for the strengthening of HIV/AIDS Prevention, Care and Treatment Programs. During COP 14, Tulane will use a two-folder approach to strengthen and integrate our existing activities, while answering the Ministry of Health most pressing needs for Strategic Information. The proposed strategy for COP 14 work plan aims (1) to Complete and Expand Reporting System activities initiated during COP 13, by identifying and inventorying additional 15 health zones in Katanga; training additional 45 BCZS and 150 Health structure staff in the 15 selected HZ; and following-up the trained BCZS staff through mentoring and coaching; (2) to Follow-up on studies initiated in previous years of the project to increase the quantity and quality of SI available for the MoH (PNLS), by evaluating the size and identifying the locations of Key Populations (Female Sex Workers, Men who have Sex with Men) in the 11 DRC provinces.
Specific objectives for COP 14 Work Plan will include (1) to further strengthen the routine HIV/AIDS Routine Information Reporting System in PEPFAR supported Health Zones, in order to increase the availability and use of data, and (2) to bring high-level targeted scientific and technical support to the design and implementation of studies relevant to DRC MoH needs and priorities.
Different strategies are used for transition over time to GDRC and local organization. Indeed, Health zones inventories; training and follow up visits are conducted by trained health workers from MoH under Tulane technical support. Regarding studies, Tulane is already collaborating with a local organization which is Kinshasa School of Public Health.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
