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: 2013 2014 2015
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
Since 78% of Ghanaian condom users obtain their products in the private sector, this mechanism is to provide distribution and marketing support for private sector condom distribution. Some brands will be used as income generating mechanisms, in particular Protector Plus, that have their own niche in Ghana's condoms market. To ensure that the low-end of the market will be served with high-quality products, Condoms will be independantly procured branded and distributed by commercial pharmaceutical distribution companies. With limited technical support, private companies will select the appropriate methods for introduction into the Ghanaian market and procure commodities from a supplier that will offer firstly the required quality and secondly an appropriate price for continued access by target populations as well as ultimate sustainability. The recipient will engage multiple companies to distribute low-cost condoms and assist to develop the capacity of these distributors both in systems and structure ensuring an improved coverage of the total market. Some marketing support in the form of condom activations will inform the population around sex work hot-spots about condom use and will promote generic condom use.
Another task of the recipient is to receive subsidized condoms and lubricant for distribution to female sex workers and men who have sex with men largely through informal networks. NGOs working with KP and PLHIV will obtain condoms and lubricants from the implementer and distribute these through informal networks, including all peer edcators and drop-in centers. This mechanism is only partly funded by the HIV program and is a collaboration with the Reproductive Health Program.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
