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 2018 2019 2020
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.
IMPACT: Prevent new HIV infections due to HIV in blood products, by strengthening the national safe blood system and expanding it to national reach. MBTS Trust was established by the MOH in 2004 as Malawi’s national blood service. MBTS receives core operating support from MOH and NAC. Start-up funding was provided by the EU, and PEPFAR provided $1 million in funding since FY06 to develop capacity in hospital blood banks, train health workers in the safe clinical use of blood, and develop a national QA scheme and guidelines. A new PEPFAR co-ag (FY11) supports expansion of MBTS’ reach to meet all national blood needs and develop comprehensive quality systems. MBTS’ overall objective is to reduce the incidence of HIV and other diseases, through a safe, adequate and accessible supply of blood products and its appropriate clinical use. Blood is collected from voluntary non-remunerated donors, screened for infections, processed into components and supplied to hospitals for transfusion to patients. MBTS’ safe blood supplies have increased 10 fold since 2004 to about 50,000 blood units annually. Despite completion of a national network of MBTS centers in 2010, challenges remain, including inadequate donor supply and high prevalence of TTIs in donated blood. There is a need to strengthen blood testing, M&E, and the QA system. MBTS must also address new objectives, including hemovigilance and national disaster management. Evidence based approaches will support MBTS to develop sustainable capacity to make safe blood supplies readily available to all in need. Expected outputs include 100% quality assured testing of donated blood nationally, safe blood supply reaching WHO standards, and an MBTS quality system accredited under international standards.
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.
