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 2015 2016 2017
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.
The LVCT mechanism will offer comprehensive behavioral, biomedical and structural HIV prevention interventions to targeted populations with highest risk of HIV. Focus will be on young women age 15 to 24 years, female sex workers (FSW) and truck drivers with HTC, approved EBIs and targeted outreach services. The program will be implemented in urban and peri-urban slums of Nairobi (prevalence 4.9%), Kitui, Machakos and Makueni counties in Eastern South (prevalence 3.9%). Young women will be targeted in slum areas in Nairobi, Lower Eastern towns and highways. Truck drivers and FSW will be targeted in Embakasi and Makadara districts, Nairobi County and truck stops on the highway in Mlolongo, Athi River and Makeuni.
The program will utilize national M&E tools and registers and report through DHIS as well as for MER indicators. Workplans, biannual data quality audits incorporating M&E and commodity management will be carried out in partnership with county health management teams (CHMT). About 158 HTC providers and program officers will undergo HTC refresher training on HTC, quality management, integration of services and undertake proficiency testing.
Linkages will be made with facilities offering HIV care and treatment, GBV, and reproductive health services for referral of clients. Linkage with North Star Alliance and ROADS project that implement transport corridor programs will be made to offer comprehensive services to truckers.
LVCT will work with the CHMTs to offer all interventions. LVCT will train the county teams and providers on the interventions, provide appropriate tools and jointly carry out quarterly supervision visits to implementing sites.
The program will use peer leaders to increase efficiencies and explore innovative methods to decrease costs.
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.
