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: 2011 2012 2013 2014
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.
The Ethiopia HIV/AIDS Counselors Association (EHACA) is a local non-governmental, professional association established by HIV Counseling and Testing (HCT) providers and trainers. EHACA provides technical assistance (TA) to maintain quality standards. EHACA’s objectives are to:
1) Provide TA to the FMOH and 8 RHBs on strengthening quality couples HCT.
2) Establish quality couples counseling and a testing implementation strategy; to define optimal times to provide couples HCT service.
3) Strengthen M&E system for couples counseling and testing and conduct supportive supervision and training on couples HCT to the regions, while advocating for expansion of the Health Management Information System (HMIS) and MER, which currently do not capture this outcome.
After development of the Couples HCT Implementation Strategy and Standard Operating Procedures, EHACA will provide TA through site supervision and training. EHACA has 9 established regional associations, and has demonstrated leadership and advocacy for the interests of HIV counselors and their clients. EHACA follows GOE guidance for targeted HCT as couples HCT is a priority area. It supports the goals of the National Guidance on Targeted Prevention and aligns with the Partnership Framework and GHI principles. These are core PEPFAR activities that directly contribute to saving lives and preventing new infections.
EHACA has a comprehensive M&E system in place and routinely reports performance. They support counseling services at public facilities at a national level through training and guidelines. They do not provide routine site-level service or set individual targets (hence no unit expenditure data). They had annual budget of $300k in COP 2012 & 13 and no expected pipeline.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
