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: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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.
This mechanism is a headquarters managed umbrella cooperative agreement with the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL). In FY 14, APHL will: 1) Ensure that the national level has a functional Laboratory Information System (LIS), 2) Complete the revision and roll out of the National Laboratory Strategic Plan, and 3) Continue to build human resource capacity through the existing twining mechanism with the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health (NCSLPH), including local and international training where applicable. APHL's focus will be mainly at the national level in the form of Trainer of Trainers (TOT) approach. Trainers will provide, where applicable, training at the regional and district levels especially in the area of quality management. The implementation of the LIS at the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) and Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation Laboratory (GPHC) is a one off expense for hardware and software. APHL will continue to provide technical oversight through the vendor and the MoH will absorb the cost for licensing after the initial license, which is valid for two years. Under the twinning partnership, APHL and NCSLPH will continue to provide mentorship and technical assistance in the areas of quality management systems and biosafety and will complement the implementation of the Stepwise Laboratory Improvement Process Towards Accreditation (SLIPTA) program nationally. As PEPFAR funding decreases, the hope is that the relationship between the NPHRL and the NCSLPH will be a long-term partnership between public health institutions, even after the life of PEPFAR.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
