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 GAC leads the implementation of the national HIV and AIDS response under the guidance of a five-year National Strategy. The Ghana National Strategic Plan for HIV and AIDS (NSP) 2011-2015 has been developed to direct the implementation of the national response to HIV and AIDS over the next five years. The NSP guides the prioritization and targeting of key populations and regions in the country to ensure HIV services are provided where most needed.
GAC as the Government Institution mandated to coordinate the national response develops and implements a National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) plan to which all partners programs are well aligned.
The use of a well structured M&E system can help to detect and address problems so that program redesign and improvement become standard operating procedures, especially, at the project/program level implementation and provide early evidence of program effectiveness for national level strategic priority setting, policy and programmatic decisions, management and accountability functions. Measuring the success and improving the management of the national response is predicated on the Ghana's Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) system to produce quality data related to program implementation. However, timely provision of high-quality data/information for decision making at critical points of service delivery and community level, district, regional and national levels remains a major challenge. Therefore, conducting data audit and systems assessment and formulating action plan towards improving the quality of data collection, analysis and use at all levels of national AIDS program is a priority.
The reprogrammed funds will enable the Ghana AIDS Commission conduct data quality audit on major selected indicators and assess the management systems that produce data for those indicators. Key activities are: Verify the quality of reported data for key indicators at selected sites; Assess the ability of data management systems to collect and report quality data and Develop an action plan to implement corrective measures for strengthening the quality of data, data management and reporting systems.
