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.
Y-CHOICE Program (ABY Track 1)
This is an ongoing Track 1-funded AB only activity in prevention. Under this activity 240,970 individuals have been reached with community outreach HIV/AIDS prevention programs that promote abstinence in the months April, May, and June of 2006. The activity is progressing well on track.
The Y-CHOICES program as its major objectives promotes A and AB choices among children and youth in particular and their families and communities in general. As the major pillar of the Y-CHOICES program, all interventions promote Abstinence and Faithfulness as a desirable and appropriate behavior to combat HIV/AIDS.
Y-CHOICES program primarily targets in-school and out -of- school youth and children. In addition, adults/parents in community based organizations (Idirs, Mahbers) and Alternative Basic Education Centers (ABECs) will also be the focus of the program as they have significant influence on children and youth behavior. Thus, adults/parents will be involved in the program to promote child-parent discussion on HIV & AIDS and sexuality issues at family level and mentor their children on A and B. In order to meet the aforementioned program objectives, various strategies are being employed. Among others, different behavior change focused trainings and diverse community out reach programs (including peer learning , mass education, drama, question and answer contest, mini media broadcast and mentoring forums) is used to reach the target population with A and B messages.
Specific objectives of the program include:
• Promote decreased risky sexual activities among youth, their families, and communities through the provision of skills-based knowledge and capacity for youth; • Scale up and expand community-focused programs for communication, education, behavior change and reduction of HIV transmission targeting youth; and • Improve and strengthen the environment for family discourse on social issues critical to HIV prevention by youth and their communities.
FY07 PLAN AND PROGRAM TARGETS
In FY 2007, as part of the in-school program, it is envisaged to reach 196,000 students in 126 secondary schools with Abstinence and Be faithful (A and B) messages. Similarly, 129,000 students in 252 upper primary schools will receive Abstinence (A) message. Hence, total of 756 secondary school peer educators and club leaders will be trained to facilitate and organize A and B out-reach programs in the target secondary and primary schools. In order to strengthen school A and B activities and ensure sustainability, 150 secondary schools will be provided with a set of mini media equipments and seed money/small grant.
With regard to out-of -school program, a total of 106,667 youth will be addressed with A and B messages through 70 out-of-school clubs. To this end, 561 youth mentors will be trained to promote and undertake A and B programs among the targeted out-of-school youth.
The community based program, on the other hand, will reach 53,333 adults using 187 Idirs, Mahbers and Alternative Basic Education Centers (ABECs) as entry point. Accordingly, 374 Adult Mentors will be trained to reach the target adults with youth-adult dialogue and A and B mentoring skill. Simultaneously, children in the ABECs will also be reached with A and B messages.
In addition, the program will be complemented by 12 regional/local educational radio mass media broad cast through which an estimated 36 million different community members are said to be reached with A and B messages across the country. To improve A and B message development and delivery skill, 50 Journalists from the target radio stations will be trained on A and B programming. This particular activity could be linked with other PEPFAR activities like Internews Local Voices and the AIDS Resource Center.
Pact will continue to integrate its work with PEPFAR prevention partners through the ABOP
sub-working group.
The program conforms to the PEPFAR Ethiopia Prevention Strategy by focusing on promoting AB behavior with the youth and utilizing existing community structures to promote AB behavior and model positive, non-stigmatizing behaviors among the communities/general population.
