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.
Banja La Mtsogolo (BLM) will continue to implement comprehensive Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) services in the two high prevalence Southern districts of Mulanje and Phalombe. Using an outreach service delivery model, BLM targets males aged 10-49 years. BLM’s four-year program began in November 2011 and is aligned with Malawi’s Partnership Framework and Malawi’s National HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan (2012-2016).
Leveraging BLM’s on-going family planning (FP) platform, VMMC implementation is built on existing community health worker and communication networks to generate demand for both VMMC and FP services, including couples HIV testing and counselling (HTC). The program has two objectives: 1) to increase access to VMMC services through an outreach service delivery model; and 2) to strengthen linkages between HTC, FP, and VMMC by providing services compliant with WHO’s minimum VMMC service package by qualified providers. The MOVE model will be utilized to optimize efficiency, and will include pre-packed consumable kits, multiple beds, increased task shifting, and use of diathermy, increased surgical stations, and ongoing demand creation. BLM will continue to build capacity of district health offices and MoH providers on critical components of VMMC service delivery and provide onsite mentoring and support for implementation. BLM will collect routine VMMC information for program monitoring purposes using MoH approved registers so as to inform programming at MoH and PEPFAR level.
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.
