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.
JSI will provide technical assistance to train key Strategic Information officers at the central and regional
offices of the MoH and the National AIDS Programme Secretariat (NAPS), as well as key civil society staff
as identified by NAPS. Training of SI staff to work in surveillance, M&E, and HMIS is a key priority for the
MOH as they move toward creating a sustainable unit with capacity to coordinate all SI activities. In
addition to initial training of SI staff, JSI will provide short-term technical assistance for periodic on-site
mentorship and additional training in data collection, utilization of program monitoring data for program
planning and improvement, and dissemination of HIV/AIDS strategic information. These activities will
support and complement the goals of the National Strategic for Plan for HIV/AIDS, 2007-2011 and its
corresponding M&E Plan and will transfer skills to the host country and strengthen the country's ability to
track program progress and results over time. Specific activities (dependent on emerging needs) will
include: Provide technical assistance for the revision/streamlining of reporting formats used at the MOH;
Draft scopes of work for new and current positions at the MOH for those personnel in the strategic
information unit/framework; Organize, host, and support the MoH and NAPS to implement 3 regional
information/dissemination meetings; Define TA plan for supporting development of HIS.
This work will follow the work completed by MEASURE Evaluation with on-site technical assistance for the
development of an Operational Plan for the National HIV/AIDS M&E Plan in FY07. This technical
assistance has assisted in streamlining reporting processes, forms, and developing a data quality plan, as
well as initial capacity building and organizational development assistance.
Macro will to conduct the Demographic Health Survey (DHS) in FY08, including the AIDS Indicator Survey
(AIS) module, following the survey planning activities completed in FY07 (formation of technical advisory
committee, sample design, survey director recruitment and hiring, staff recruitment and hiring, training, and
household listing and mapping exercises). The DHS is a nationally-representative household survey which
includes information on a wide range of monitoring and impact indicators including reproduction, marriage
patterns, sexual behavior, condom use, experience with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), treatment of
self-reported STIs, knowledge and attitudes related to HIV/AIDS, stigma and discrimination, PMTCT,
coverage of HIV-testing services, and medical injections, as well as ownership and use of mosquito nets,
care and support for chronically ill persons, persons who have died, and orphans and vulnerable children.
Guyana has never implemented a DHS, and the survey is a priority for the MOH as it will provide
information required for meeting HIV/AIDS program reporting requirements and will ensure comparability on
standard HIV/AIDS indicators across countries and over time. The DHS has been part of the USG SI plan
for the past three years, and USG has been approached with firm requests on several occasions by the
GoG and international donor community alike to ensure that this survey is in the forefront of the SI plan for
Guyana. Implementation of this survey will demonstrate strong collaboration between the USG, GoG, and
donor community to the achievement of common objectives.
The DHS will take the place of the second round of the AIS, which was originally implemented in 2004. It
should be noted that the cost difference between implementation of an AIS and DHS is not significant. The
USAID Latin American and Caribbean Bureau have agreed to cover the cost difference between
implementation of an AIS and implementation of a DHS.
FY08 costs include data collection, quality control, data processing, report writing, and dissemination of
results.
