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: 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.
The Ethiopian Public Health Association’s (EPHA) goal is to build local capacity for evidence-based decision making related to HIV/AIDS/STI and other public health problems in Ethiopia. Key objectives for EPHA include: building local capacity in strategic information (SI) generation and use through pre-service training programs (e.g. Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) and the Leadership for Strategic Information training (LSI); generating and disseminating SI on trends of causes of death and vital events through community-based demographic surveillance system; providing support for bio-behavioral and size estimation surveys of HIV among key population groups (CSWs and Truck drivers); supporting the Ethiopian Public Health Laboratory Professionals Association (EPHLA) to fill gaps in laboratory programs (both public and private sector); and emphasizing the development of technical and laboratory management capacity.
EPHA operates at the national level and provides support and technical assistance to the RHB managers, laboratory staff, FMOH, FHAPCO and EHNRI, in their effort to improve HIV prevention and care services nationwide. These are core PEPFAR activities that directly strengthen and promote Ethiopia’s HIV/AIDS evidence base. They support the goals of the GOE's National Strategic Plan II (SPMII) and align with the goals of the GOE and USG HIV/AIDS Partnership Framework, and the Global Health Initiative. A comprehensive monitoring and evaluation plan with specific indicators for each activity will be used to track progress. There will also be regular discussions, site visits, project/staff meetings, bi-annual review meetings, and quarterly and semi-annual reports.
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.
