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.
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PSI will work with LDF to use data collected in 2010 SABERS to strengthen, tailor, and focus their prevention program. Activities supported by PSI will assist LDF to embrace a comprehensive prevention program including activties to improve factors influencing HIV prevention, behavioural change programs including peer education outreach sports related activities and male circumcision. Sports centred activities such as VCT and peer education at football matches were highly successful and will be continued. Peer education will be strengthened and using the SABERS, peer educators will have enhanced content training and monitoring and evaluation training. Military specific condoms will be procured in the context of the overall prevention program promoting the military duty to protect one's self, familty and country. PSI will also intergrate MC messaging in to all prevention modalities. PSI will continue commodity procurement like military condom pouches, military branded male condoms, female condoms, they will also carry out edutaintment events, activities will inlude which those that depicts real life choices and dilemmas facing soldiers, lectures with questions and answers sessions will be conducted. PSI will support a series of workshops for the military to disseminate the result of the SABERS and come up with the recommendations.
The overall goal of these activities is to decrease new HIV infections in the military,through expansion of male circumcision (MC) services, emphasizing that MC be offered as part of an expanded approach to reduce HIV infections in conjucton with other prevention programs, including HIV testing and Counseling ( HTC), treatment for other sexually transmitted infections (STI's), promotion of saver-sex practices and condom distribution. MC will not replace other known methods of HIV prevention and will be considered as part of a comprehensive HIV prevention package. PEPFAR worked closely with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and other donors in a national task force to develop policy that recognizes MC as an effective HIV prevention method alongside the ABC strategy. Expanding MC in the military is considered vital since the military is predominantly male, typically young, and highly mobile, and is considered a high risk group. DOD/PSI will ensure that male circumcision efforts are rolled out as an additional method for HIV prevention. Though PEPFAR/DOD support, the military has expanded HIV care and treatment, PSI will built capacity for MC in the military through the development treatment ptotocols, training of providers, sensitization of soldiers and their partners for save male circumcision, and the enhancement of physical infrustructure of clinical sites so that proper circumcision may be conducted. MC wil be conducted on a voluntary basis on HIV-negative soldiers and those who test positive will be given services depending on their CD4.
The overall goal of these activities is to decrease new HIV infections in the military, behaviour change communication(BBC) with a focus on correct and consistent use of condoms. While some soldiers practice sexual abstinence and fidelity, factors such as separation from their families, mobility and age increase their HIV risk. The Lesotho Defence Force military (LDF) and Population Service International (PSI) are implementing community based activities among soldiers, their sexual partners and surrounding communities to promote safer sexual behaviours. Key prevention strategies are: Capacity building of peer education and interpersonal communication (IPC) including drama group, capacity building of LDF support group clubs, promotion of counseling and testing services. The Lesotho Defence Force with the assistance of PSI will update communication material to reflect best practices in the following area: AB, couples counseling and testing, intergaration of familiy planning(FP) in to HIV/AIDS prevention including PMTCT, condom use and prevention of alcohol abuse. PSI will provide training of peer educators, counselor testers, sensitization workshops for LDF senior and junior officers. Combination prevention is being promoted as an effective strategy for HIV prevention. Having an appropriate mix of bevioural, biological, structural and crosscutting activities is expected to lead to improved HIV prevention. Militaries require strong HIV prevention programs and provide excellent sources for evidence based programming for effective interventions. Lesotho Defense Force will fill in major activity gaps for HIV prevention and increase the intensity of interventions.
