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: 2008 2009
Following up on the preliminary survey results from the 2006 DHS that were received in mid-2007, three
qualitative studies were proposed that would address issues arising from the quantitative analysis, to further
understand relevant HIV/AIDS behaviors in Namibia. This is an ongoing acitivyt that will need no additional
funding in FY 2008. Topics to be explored in depth are: (1) Multiple concurrent partnerships with a particular
lens on cross-generational & transactional sex; (2) the relationship of alcohol to risky sexual behaviors,
along with the barriers and facilitators to safer alcohol use; (3) the extent to which Namibians are seeking
treatment for STIs. These topics will utilize a mix of qualitative methods, namely in-depth interviews and
focus groups. The results of these qualitative studies will help in the design of prevention interventions and
will take advantage of the results of the ongoing national prevention assessment with an expected
completion date of May 2008. It is hoped that they will also help bring richness to the ongoing secondary
data analysis in the prevention assessment in order to better understand the key drivers of Namibia's
epidemic.
This is a new activity in FY 2008 and relates to the Namibia Institute of Pathology (7367), CTS Global
(7355), the Partnership for Supply Chain Management (7373), and the Public Health Instutute (7377).
In FY 2005, the USG Namibia allocated funds to ORC Macro to support the Ministry of Health and Social
Services (MOHSS) in planning, coordination, tool development, implementation, data collection, data
analysis, and report writing for the HIV-focused Health Services Provision Assessment (SPA). The SPA is
designed to assess the capacity of health facilities to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through a series of
structured interviews administered to various clinical personnel at a probability sample of health facilities
country wide. Technical committee meetings for the SPA began in August 2005 with the development and
refinement of the survey tools. Data collection was anticipated for beginning to mid-2006, yet
implementation was delayed due to the availability of key MOHSS counterparts. In FY 2006, this survey
was again put aside due to other pressing priorities such as the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS).
The money was reprogrammed to support the DHS as it was more expensive than initially planned.
In partnership with MOHSS counterparts and close collaboration with the Response, Monitoring and
Evaluation unit (R,M&E) annual work plan, the SPA has become a priority for FY 2008. The $500,000 will
be allocated to Macro International in order to continue the process they began in 2005. They will provide
technical assistance to MOHSS counterparts to update the survey instruments, collect data, analyze the
data and write the final report.
While the majority of funds supporting an AIDS Indicator Survey in Namibia will be provided by PEPFAR,
funding from the Ministry of Health and donor organizations will be leveraged to fully fund the AIS through
its completion.
