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.
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) works in affiliation with in-country partners (MOH, colleges, and other indigenous organizations) to progressively build capacity of local and national groups to respond to the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. With the aim of sustainability, ASCP will focus on achieving USG ‘s established performance goals of developing, customizing, and deploying country-specific in-service training packages for lab testing and accreditation; continuing education; and mentorship/technical assistance support and pre-service curricula in Medical Laboratory Science (MLS).
In Lesotho, ASCP’s technical assistance for pre-service strengthens the knowledge and core competencies of tutors, students, and partners of the National Health Training College’s (NHTC) lab science programs. The next steps will involve reviewing and assessing the implementation of the newly revised MLS curriculum. These steps are guided by close collaboration with CDC, NHTC, and MOH. For example, MOH directed that NHTC increase enrollment of students from 20 to 30. This directive challenges NHTC to adequately equip the extra students with teaching staff and training aids.
With the primary goal of preparing students for the work of clinical lab professionals, the planned scope of work will involve further strengthening the implementation of the new curriculum and improving the quality of the overall medical lab education at NHTC through several inputs: faculty technical assistance/mentorships; continuing education and professional development; and supply procurement. Through the growth of sustainable mechanisms, skilled graduates will improve health care across Southern Africa.
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.
