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
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.
In the COP14 implementation year, DoD will continue to provide technical assistance for the timely and accurate collection of national HIV indicators within the military HIV program targeting beneficiaries of the military healthcare systems in The Dominican Repubilc and to facilitate data flow mechanisms for linkage to national military health and MOH systems. National resources and targeted training will be leveraged to improve strategic information systems and capacity in the Dominican Repubic Armed Forces. Training in the use of data collected through the military's health information management system will enable the military HIV programto make more strategic, data-based decisions in a timely manner . Capacity will be built among defense force personnel to conduct operations research to evaluate the effectiveness of program implementation and to execute reports required by multiple stakeholders, including internal reports for decision making, the MOH, international bodies such as COPRECOS and PEPFAR. This training is intended to help the DRAF to become more efficient and effective in offering HIV prevention and care services as well as move them towards greater ownership through empowerment for decision making. Improved management and use of health information systems will allow the DRAF over the next year to completely manage this system and the data it generates on their own. During the COP14 implementation period, DOD will monitor the data collection and use capabilities of each country's military through in-training evaluation and follow-up calls and visits to assess and troubleshoot problems in the collection and use of data.
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.
