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.
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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.
MYRADA, a 40 year old field-based nongovernmental organization (NGO) works in the fields of: improving livelihoods of poor and vulnerable women; natural resource management, reproductive child health (RCH) and HIV/AIDS in the State of Karnataka. It is a recognized player in the field of HIV/AIDS. It provides technical assistance (TA) to various government and non-governmental projects. MYRADA's work is built on the underlying principles of sustainability and cost effectiveness. It empowers people to build local peoples' institutions and capacities and fosters effective linkages and networking.
MYRADA aims to address HIV and AIDS in a holistic fashion using its key principles of active participation, sustainability and cost effectiveness. The organization is extensively involved in implementing targeted interventions with urban high risk groups in five districts, link worker programs (HIV high risk prevention intervention program amongst rural high risk populations) in six districts of Karnataka, outreach counseling and testing (CT) model in four districts, setting up Red Ribbon Clubs (educational intervention among college youth to reduce HIV infection among youth by raising their risk perception and preparing youth as peer educators) in five districts, as well as providing technical support to various government and private agencies in the above areas.
All MYRADA's work in the area of HIV and AIDS is embedded in its key concept strategy called the ABC4DE strategy which is comprehensive prevention, care and support approach with A= Awareness: organized in general population; includes mass awareness; B= Behavioral change: through smaller groups; C4= Continence, Condom use, Community involvement, Continuity; D= Drugs, HIV care and support; E= Empowerment: livelihoods, linkages, CBO building.
Key Ongoing Activities:
Link Worker Scheme: In order to reach the estimated 3,500 rural female sex workers (FSWs) and 10,000 people living with HIV (PLHIVs) in Chamrajnagar, Mandya, Kodagu and Bidar districts in Karnataka, MYRADA has established the following field models in over 400 villages:
Core group interventions for high risk groups: condoms, sexually transmitted infection (STI) treatment and awareness through Community Resource Persons (CRPs) and local volunteers.
Program for adult men in informal groups and women in self help groups (SHGs): basics of HIV and STIs for adults, addressing stigma and discrimination, and roles of these populations in HIV prevention, care, and stigma reduction.
Youth interventions: using the Celebrating Life curriculum to address life skills and role of youth in mitigating stigma and discrimination.
Strengthening the community based institutions: Gram Panchayat (GP) or the village council and Village Health and Sanitation Committees (VHSC).
Gram Panchayat sensitization programs in over 500 GP.
Capacity building of VHSCs in collaboration with National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)
Community based care and support for PLHIVs and orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
CT through mobile teams at select remote primary health centers (PHCs).
Policy and System strengthening
Technical support to Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS) in the areas of targeted interventions (TI), outreach for care and support, mainstreaming activities, and link worker program.
Project Achievements and Innovations:
Developed a strategy on how to implement the link worker program in a sustainable and participatory manner and also prepared a document on the same.
Provided TA to KSAPS to strengthen community outreach activities, evaluation of NGOs, HIV-TB programs, District AIDS Prevention and Control Units (DAPCU).
Initiated link worker program in three new districts -Manyda, Bidar and Kodagu- in addition to Belgaum and Gulbarga. The latter are now run by Karnataka Health Promotion Trust (KHPT)- an USAID partner and Chamrajnagar.
Demonstrated Red Ribbon Clubs and outreach CT services; and produced best practice documents.
