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.
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Most personnel in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) are in the sexually active age group of 19-49 years old and are highly mobile because they support UN peacekeeping operations and the size of the GAF is approximately 12,000 troops. DoD's efforts with the GAF will support several of the goals of the Partnership Framework by trying to reduce the number of new infections with prevention efforts for the GAF and their families, supporting testing and counseling services, creating linkages to care and treatment services, and supporting the strengthening of health managment systems.
DoD will support a Prevention With Positives program based on the newly developed PEPFAR curriculum for the GAF. The program will involve quarterly meetings at an off base venue where military and military family members living with HIV/AIDS could meet in a relaxed atmosphere and where civil society/NGO support groups can make presentations about available services. DoD will also support training of the GAF staff (nurses) on care and support for people living with HIV/AIDs.
DoD will to support the GAF's military wives' clubs' identification of military widows and orphans/vulnerable children and the promotion of referrals to civilian OVC services and support. This will be a continuation of a program initiated last year.
The DoD program will support the testing of approximately 7,000 individuals for HIV including 4,500 troops preparing for peace keeping operations. Within the GAF, DOD will support 2 full-time counselors and train additional part- time counselors. The military will strengthen their testing and counseling program with this additional personnel as well as improve monitoring and evaluation activities of their TC program.
DoD is working with the GAF to provide support for epidemiology and data analysis training as well as supporting integration of the GAF into the national M&E system. Support to the GAF will include procurement of computers for better tracking of data, training of GAF personnel on the national M&E reporting system and hiring a SI specialist to provide support to the GAF. The SI specialist will assist in the managment of data tracking and training of the GAF.
The United Nation's new sexual exploitation regulations prohibit sexual contact with host country nationals and carries financial penalties to the troop donor countries. For this reason much of the GAF's peacekeeper training involves abstinence and be faithful messages. The GAF has assumed financial responsibility for the peer educator program and pre-deployment HIV related peacekeeper training, and has expanded it to include presentations at the base wives' clubs. DoD will support events and activities such as soccer tournaments and community service projects with a focus on HIV prevention, partner reduction, and messages related to gender and male norms for the GAF and family members.
Prevention efforts for the GAF are closely tied to UN peacekeeping activities and the GAF has assumed financial responsibility for the peer educator program and pre-deployment HIV related peacekeeper training, and has expanded it to include presentations at the base wives' clubs. The GAF includes education on correct condom use as part of the peer educator program and issues condoms to all active duty forces and they do not request additional funds to support this effort. Funds requested by DoD will support the production costs for new posters, video production, and other prevention training materials as well technical assistance needed to improve prevention messaging and this would include monitoring and evaluating of their prevention programs.
