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: 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.
During COP14, FHI360 will continue to strengthen the effectiveness of the national health information system for HIV/AIDS by working closely with PEPFAR, Global Fund as well as non-PEPFAR partners under PNLS leadership (National HIV Control Program), to ensure synergies among interventions and sustainability trough skills transfer. FHI360 cost effective interventions will focus on 100 health zones (HZ) in Kinshasa, Katanga and Oriental Province, based on local resources. FHI360 will take into account interventions that have already started by KSHP & Tulane University.
Key interventions:
1) SI geographic expansion and Data Quality Audit (DQA): The Electronic Reporting System (ERS) at HZ level will be expanded in 65 new HZ: 21 of Oriental Province (PO) and 44 of Katanga; where gap analysis was conducted by Tulane (17HZ) & FHI360 (48HZ) during COP12 &13.
In addition, we will train 130HZ M&E focal points (FP); provide refresher training for 81HZ M&E FP on data collection, the use of data analysis at HZ level and the new ERS, named Monitoring and Evaluation Surveillance Integre (MESI).
In addition, we will coach 200HZ FP, provide technical & logistical assistance and conduct 400 quarterly supervision visits to assess the functionality of the ERS in 100HZ. We will conduct a DQA in 15HZ with the PNLS; and the provincial PNLS of Kinshasa will receive TA in the development of 3 abstracts on the process of the health Information strengthening.
2) Update equipment and tools: 100HZ will receive one NITC kit, new HIV indicators from MER and the national strategic plan will be integrated in HIV hard copy reporting tools and MESI.
3)TA to PNLS to develop a data quality improvement project, review the M&E plan and ensure full functionality of the M&E HIV health sector Task force.
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.
