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.
USG partnering has resulted in the National Policy Guidelines for Orphans and Other Children Made Vulnerable by HIV/AIDS, enacted in January 2005. In FY2009, USG continued the partnership with UNICEF to strengthen the GoG's capacity and response to OVC. Specifically, activities will be focused on the finalization, dissemination and implementation of the draft National Plan of Action for OVC.
USG Ghana and UNICEF's partnership will continue to support activities promoting the GoG's leadership in OVC, including: reinforcing national efforts towards an OVC database; supporting the planned OVC Situational Analysis; promoting national systems to reduce the number of OVCs living in orphanages by re-uniting them with their families, place children in foster care and encourage adoption; and creating standards for orphan and foster care, including the development of supervisory structures such as Child Protection Committees at the community level.
