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.
The Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) will serve as the primary data for many of the outcome and impact level indicators necessary to measure progress towards the National HIV Plan, the National Development Strategy, the Partnership Framework Implementation Plan and the Global Health Initiative Strategy. The DHS will include a country-level representative sample and specific data will be able to be disaggregated down to the provincial level. The Government of the Dominican Republic is taking the lead on planning the DHS and will be contributing to its implementation. In addition, the field work will be conducted through a local entity which will make it more cost effective.
This activity will support the surveillance and surveys component of Strategic Information. The information generated during this activity will serve as the primary data for impact and outcome level indicators of the National HIV Plan, the National Development Strategy, the Partnership Framework Implementation Plan and the Global Health Initiative Strategy. This activity will support national capacity building by providing a forum for the Government of the Dominican Republic to exercise its role in Donor Coordination and will work to strengthen the capacity of a local organization to collect, manage, and analyze data with technical assistance from ICF International. Data collected from the 2012 DHS will be used by the Government, local organizations, international organizations, and donors for decision making.
