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.
The purpose of SCMS is to provide support for supply chain management. In Ghana, SCMS will be involved in the purchase of highly nutritious ready to use pre-packaged therapeutic food for clients starting ART, including HIV positive pregnant mothers and children. A PPP with UNICEF, FANTA-2 and the Ghanaian firm Athena Food is presently building a local production facility expected to be operational in March 2010. Initially, it is expected that only therapeutic food for children will be produced, which UNICEF will buy and make available to GHS at no cost. SCMS will probably need to import therapeutic food for adults in the near future.
The Ghana PF includes a number of activities designed to strengthen laboratory practice in the delivery of HIV services. A number of these activities involve the purchase and installation of laboratory equipment, reagents and related laboratory supplies. One particular need is the improvement of the national cold storage infrastructure, including warehouses and specialized containers for transportation.
The PF also calls for strengthening of the information and communications technology infrastructure for laboratory and strategic information, both within facilities and between facilities. This includes equipment necessary for laboratory information systems at several locations.
The Partnership for Supply Chain Management is a central mechanism designed to perform logistics functions and provide technical assistance in supply chain issues. It can serve as a purchasing and delivery agent for laboratory equipment, reagents, laboratory supplies, computer and networking hardware, printers and consumables. In addition, it can provide technical assistance with logistics issues such as cold storage.
Funding will be used for procurement of therapeutic food (food for prescription) for adult clients starting on ART.
Funding will be used for procurement of therapeutic food (food for prescription) for HIV positive women and adult clients starting on ART and for the preparation of a food for prescription commodity security strategy.
Funding will be provided to support the development of laboratory information system capacity through support for local and wide area networks to be installed in the GHS reference and regional laboratories. These networks will allow for more efficient reporting to the national level as well as enhance the capacity for data sharing at the regional level. The network is expected to cover about five regions. This budget code will be used for equipment procurement for the networks.
