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 2013
USG Ghana's PF in collaboration with GoG partners will provide technical assistance and work to build capacity nationally for sustainable health management and SI systems. The CDC will provide technical assistance to support GAC and their partners in ongoing efforts to strengthen the national M&E system. CDC will continue to give technical input into efforts to respond to findings regarding gaps in technical and organizational capacity and progress in implementing the national M&E road map. The mechanism for technical support is to be determined.
Strengthen routine (clinical and non clinical) data collection and analysis, data quality and promote data use at all levels of the M&E system. Focus for support will be on front line staff at the community level. Activities should include: stakeholder meetings with GAC, their implementing partners and other key stakeholders to discuss system performance expectations and priorities; site visits to observe data collection, assess data quality, data flow, management, reporting and data use activities; engage stakeholders in discussions regarding findings from site visits, potential solutions, priorities, and a plan of action to strengthen routine data collection; incorporate findings from stakeholder discussions to develop and/or adapt existing tools for data collection, data management and data use at all levels of M&E system as appropriate for the Ghana context; conduct trainings with front line staff to include various aspects of data collection such as understanding indicators and data elements, data management, assuring data quality and promoting data use; evaluate usefulness of training and conduct follow up site visit to monitor site and staff performance.
Support will also be provided for ongoing efforts to strengthen technical and organizational capacity as part of the overall strategy to strengthen M&E system. Specific activities include the following: analyze findings of recent capacity assessments along with other diagnostic tools to identify strengths and gaps in leadership, management and operational structures; conduct meetings with stakeholders to review findings and prioritize recommendations; in collaboration with stakeholders, identify strategies to improve the coordination and collaboration among national stakeholders regarding reporting relationships, data dissemination, data use to strengthen evidence-based decision making and policy planning efforts within the multi sectoral HIV/AIDS response; provide technical assistance to stakeholders to identify resources and implement the prioritized action plan
In coordination with NACP and GAC, CDC will also provide information systems support to the rollout of CRIS and other HIV electronic data systems throughout the country, and will work to improve data flow from the field to the center. There will also be technical support to set up a help desk system in four regions serving HIV and other health systems hardware and software.
Indicators-
Number of health care workers who successfully completed an in-service training program- 2010- 25, 2011- 50
