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: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2017
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.
In 2011 the Applying Science to Strengthen and Improve Systems project was engaged to support the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MOGCDSW) to finalize the national standard on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC). In COP12, MOGCDSW approved the standards and recommended a scale-up of interventions in communities. Thus, in COP13, ASSIST supported 5 communities in 2 districts (Balaka and Mangochi) to identify and address some critical barriers in educational performance and household food security; two key areas of needs identified in these communities through the quality improvement approach. Using the national standard as guidance, the community adopted an evidence-informed key strategy; household economic strengthening, which is in line with new PEPFAR OVC strategy.
In COP14, support to these communities will continue to identify other areas of need and plan interventions to meet the needs of vulnerable households. In addition, 5 new communities within the same districts will be identified for similar interventions in line with the scale up agreement with the MOGCDSW.
Towards end COP14 second quarter, a new activity (“One-C”) focusing on OVC, care and support for PLHIV and HIV prevention will be awarded. This activity will be implemented in 8 districts including Balaka and Mangochi where ASSIST has ongoing interventions and the District Social Welfare Officers (DSOs) have been trained in quality improvement (QI) techniques. DSOs in the remaining six districts: Chikwawa, Machinga, Nsanje, Mulanje, Phalombe, and Zomba will also be trained on QI in OVC programming to enable them support the implementation of the activity which will also adopt similar strategy. ASSIST will also support quality delivery of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcis
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.
