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
This is a continuing activity in COP2012. Mekele University (MU) is one of the local university PEPFAR partners in northern Ethiopia. This large public university provides higher education in diverse fields of study including science, liberal arts, and health (medicine, public health, nursing, and other mid-level training). The universitys School of Public Health through the cooperative agreement with HHS/CDC has opened a confidential STI/HIV Clinic for sex workers in Mekele, the capitol and commercial center of Tigray Region. The goal of this program is to provide regular STI screening; promotion and dissemination of condoms and HCT services to sex workers in Mekele and Adigrat towns; and provide linkages with the continuum of care including ART. The project also supports a sex workers peer outreach education program and life skills training. For the institution to establish itself as a long-term technical support center, the university will begin to handle the administration and management of the technical and logistical arrangements required to support the confidential sex workers activity and services. This will allow the university to strengthen its engagement in managing the HIV/AIDS program for MARPs (sex workers). This supports the national and regional HIV prevention programs. The MU program supports the goals of the GOE's National Strategic Plan II (SPMII) as well as the GOE and USG HIV/AIDS Partnership Framework and Global Health Initiative. MU has a system in place for routine performance monitoring and reporting.MU will document best practices and analyze its performance data, which will contribute to sustainability, and cost effectiveness.
The target population for this initiative is commercial sex workers (CSW) and their partners. There are approximately 5000 CSWs known to work in or around Mekele and Adigrat towns. The partner has previously initiated this activity under COP2011 and currently manages confidential sex workers clinics in Mekele and other hot spot towns in Tigray Region providing peer training and outreach, promotion and dissemination of condoms, STI testing and management, and HTC services. To date,1012 commercial sex workers have received comprehensive STI/HIV services from the clinic. Under COP2012, the confidential sex workers STI/HIV clinics will continue to: 1. Provide regular STI screening and treatment for 3000 sex workers in Mekele and Adigrat town. 2. Promote and supply condoms to 3000 sex workers at the confidential clinics. 3. Promote and provide HTC services to 3000 sex workers at the confidential clinics. 4. Support peer out reach education activities that will serve 3000 sex workers. 5. Support life skills training for 3000 sex workers.
