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: 2008 2009
HIV/AIDS (ART) Program Implementation Support
This is a continuing activity from FY06 and FY07
Debub University (DU) located in Awassa, the seat of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples
Region (SNNPR), is offering training in general medical practice, public health, and a number of mid-level
training courses for health professionals. It is currently the hub of public health education for SNNPR and
the adjoining regions and is actively participating in various activities of the Regional Health Bureau (RHB).
The DU teaching hospital is evolving as a referral facility for the heavily populated southern part of the
country. DU is scaling up its response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by utilizing opportunities and resources via
numerous national and international initiatives, and it is also expanding its support to the regional HIV/AIDS
program, including ART services. It is increasingly involved in various HIV/AIDS and related activities both
at regional, district, and site levels. This includes in-service training of health workers to meet the high
human resource needs to implement HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and sexually transmitted infections (STI)
program activities in SNNPR.
In FY06 and FY07, through technical support from PEPFAR Ethiopia implementing partners, DU is
strengthening HIV/AIDS activities and is currently contributing to the regional effort to mitigate the spread of
the epidemic. The process of institutionalizing HIV/AIDS-related activities has been strengthened by the
structure (HIV/AIDS Affairs Unit) and by assigning a focal person at the Awassa College of Health Sciences.
The Unit is directly accountable to DU's President and oversees and coordinates the university-wide
HIV/AIDS response. An anti-AIDS clubs association led by the students' council has been well established,
with branches in all five campuses. The DU Gender Office is coordinating activities to address the specific
needs of female university members. The Association is evolving as a major movement aspiring to form a
region-wide youth movement to support regional and national efforts by networking with other local
universities and similar institutions abroad.
In FY07, through the support of Johns Hopkins University, DU is coordinating its efforts to limit HIV
transmission and mitigate the effects of AIDS. The university and its teaching hospital will work with the
health networks delivering care and treatment services in SNNPR region. It has established a functional
network with regional HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Offices (HAPCO), RHB, nongovernmental
organizations like Tilla (regional association of people living with HIV), and private-sector institutions. It is
currently working with these partners and providing technical assistance (TA) that will enable these partners
work towards achieving targets set for FY07. The support from PEPFAR Ethiopia has afforded the
university and its teaching hospital with opportunities, not only to strengthen it anti-HIV/AIDS activities within
the university community, but also enabled it to build its capacity to support health networks in SNNPR.
For DU to establish itself as a long-term technical support center, managerial and leadership capacities
need to be built further in FY08. There is a need for deliberate action to establish managerial and technical
capabilities by offering the university the opportunity as well as the challenge to handle directly the
administration and management of the technical and logistical arrangements required to support the health
networks delivering ART and other HIV/AIDS-related services. In FY08, DU will strengthen its support for in-
service training and direct TA to SNNPR Regional Health Bureau and provide pre-service training on
HIV/AIDS, including ART. DU will be involved in targeted evaluation of HIV/AIDS program implementation
and in regional activities related to data processing, documentation of best practices, and dissemination of
scientific information. The university will work closely with and get intensive technical support from Columbia
University, but will also have an opportunity to engage directly in managing its HIV/AIDS program. The
university will also be involved in direct technical support and management of funds through a cooperative
agreement with CDC Ethiopia—a process that will enable it to establish the required experience. This will
allow DU to strengthen its engagement in managing its HIV/AIDS program and its support to national and
regional programs. DU will collaborate with Johns Hopkins University's Technical Support for the Ethiopia
HIV/AIDS ART Initiative and Management Sciences for Health and also undertake review meetings with
other local universities and stakeholders. This will also help the university be in a position to takeover
smoothly in the long haul the technical support currently provided by Johns Hopkins University.
