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
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 goal is to provide blood and blood products that are safe, accessible, and adequate to the general population of Lesotho and to ensure sustainability of service. USG supports blood safety program to strengthen the Lesotho Blood Transfusion Service (LBTS), Ministry of Health (MOH). The program is aligned with the national strategic plan and plays a vital role in management of anemic patients on ART, maternal and child health.
LBTS is responsible for blood service in the country. It supplies all hospitals with safe blood through donor recruitment and selection, blood collection, screening, storage and distribution. LBTS recruits donors and collects blood from 16-60 years old healthy population. About 60% of all the blood collected is from youths at secondary and high schools. LBTS also coordinates and collaborates with Education officers, hospitals, private sectors and other Non-Governmental Organizations.
The strategy for cost-effectiveness is the formation of donors and clubs in communities, especially with existing youth and soccer teams because they have proved to be reliable sources of donors in the past. The formed youth clubs known as Club/Pledge 25 in schools will be constantly supported to motivate members to donate blood. Partnership with media will be established for publicity and education on voluntary regular donations. The transition, especially salary support by USG, to the Government of Lesotho establishment list is planned by end of FY2015. USG will support MOH effective leadership and developing a national blood system that will be integrated into the health-care system. A blood information system will be implemented to improve data capture, reporting to inform country’s needs, evaluate and formulate strategic plan.
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.
