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: 2007 2008 2009
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN MODIFIED IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS:
This program will continue to deliver prevention activities for the high risk military community in support of
the Namibian Ministry of Defense Military Action and Prevention Program (MAPP). This narrative details
the consolidation and expansion of current program area Abstinence and Be faithful (AB). FY 2009 funds
will continue to support activities focusing on abstinence and being faithful (AB). The main objective will be
to increase coverage and quality of Behavior Change Communication (BCC) messages of AB to over
10,000 soldiers. The source of these messages will be the HIV/AIDS Coordinators, chaplains, base
commanders and peer educators, who will continue to receive HIV/AIDS prevention information through
trainings in order to reinforce the AB messages in the military.
1. The program will continue to strengthen the capacity and advocate for support of senior NDF personnel
to implement HIV/AIDS prevention activities through AB. 46 commanders will be trained on managing
HIV/AIDS related challenge in their bases.
2. The program will continue to build capacity of 23 HIV Unit Coordinators (HUC) and 92 peer educators
within the NDF community to take on more responsibility for direct implementation of prevention activities.
An additional 46 peer educators will be trained to promote messages on abstinence and faithfullness.
3. Consultations will be held with chaplains to seek their continued support on how best to address issues of
abstinence and faithfullness in the military. In addition to the existing and already trained chaplains, new
military chaplains and their assistants will be trained to provide counseling on abstinence, partner reduction,
alcohol and drug abuse, stigma and discrimination, gender equity, gender based violence, care and support
and "preventions for positives." Chaplains will be encouraged to continue using couple counseling and
marriage counseling sessions to promote the sexual rights of women, church sermons to promote the AB
messages. While it may not be considered a reality and that some members do not understand the value of
faithfulness, messages will continue to strongly focus on abstinence before marriage and faithfulness while
away from one's partner.
4. The new military recruits, the majority who are young, will receive messages on abstinence and
faithfulness.
5. SMA will support the Subdivision of Gender in the MOD/NDF to implement the Namibia Strategic Plan on
Gender and activities will aim at scaling up interventions to change male norms and behaviors. Further
training on Male Norms Initiatives will be conducted. Positive male role models among military personnel
will be identified during the trainings to be advocates for change in the military.
6. Military specific IEC materials focusing on abstinence and being faithful will be distributed at the 23 bases
and camps. A draft distrubution plan for all IEC materials developed under FY08 will be shared with
MOD/NDF.
7. The popular military films Remember Eliphas 1 and 2 produced during COP05 and COP06 will continue
to be used to motivate soldiers to change their behaviors and to go for counselling and testing as well as
partner reduction
8. Checklist tools developed in FY08 will be used to assess and monitor the impact of activities in the
military. A tracking system will also be put in place to monitor referral from base to services in the bases and
beyond.
9. Informal and focus group discussions with military personnel will be carried out on a quarterly basis to
assess the impact on behavior change, pre-test IEC materials and test new HIV prevention concepts. To
ensure effective coordination and implementation, meetings will be held with the unit commaders, HUCs
and peer educators on a quarterly basis to communicate the progress of the program.
10. Top leadership of the MOD/NDF will be consulted and involved in the planning, implementation
monitoring and evaluation of the program.
11. This program will be implemented in close collaboration with the DOD PEPFAR funded care and
treatment partner in order to ensure synergies and provide a comprehensive integrated prevention, care
and treatment program for the Namibian military.
Please review narrative from COP 08:
the Namibian Ministry of Defense Military Action and Prevention Program (MAPP).
This narrative details the consolidation of current program area Abstinence and Be faithful (AB). FY 2008
funds will continue to support activities focusing on abstinence and being faithful (AB). The main objective
will be to increase coverage and quality of Behavior Change Communication (BCC) messages of AB to over
10,000 soldiers. The source of these messages will be the chaplains, base commanders and peer
educators, who will continue to receive HIV/AIDS prevention information through trainings in order to
reinforce the AB messages in the military. Consultations will be scheduled with chaplains to seek their
continued support.
Chaplains will also be trained to include in their counseling and testing services, especially couple
counseling, STI, PMCTC and ARV. Service promotional cards will be distributed to the soldiers and these
will be tracked through a system that will be developed within the bases and camps. To do this SMA will
work with the MAPP care and treatment partner to develop referral hubs using the existing health system of
MOD/NDF. Chaplains will be urged to use couple counseling and marriage counseling sessions to promote
the sexual rights of women, church sermons to promote the AB messages. While it may not be considered
a reality and that some members do not understand the value of faithfulness, messages will continue to
strongly focus on abstinence before marriage and while away from ones partner and faithfulness.
Other training for the chaplains, commanders and peer educators will sensitize them on stigma and
discrimination and gender equity in the military.
The program will continue to support the implementation of the Namibia Strategic Plan on Gender and
activities will aim at scaling up interventions to change male norms and behaviors.
Activity Narrative: Military specific IEC materials focusing on abstinence and being faithful will be distributed at the 23 bases
and camps.
The films Remember Eliphas 1 and 2 produced during COP05 and COP06 will continue to be used to
motivate soldiers to change their behaviors. A system will be developed for the distribution in consultation
with MOD/NDF.
The base commanders' authority in the military will be another advocacy opportunity for this program.
Engender Health is already training the DOD prevention partners and the MOD within the framework of the
Male Norms Initiative. Their support will be sought to provide further training to the MOD/NDF. Positive role
models for the male norms initiative among military personnel will be identified during the training. The role
models will receive more training and will be charged with advocacy in the military for gender equity. Base
commanders will also be expected to reinforce the AB messages using various opportunities available to
them, and promote services. Parades and other similar forums will be used to reinforce AB messages.
SMA will work with male circumcision (MC) partners to identify modalities for sensitization on MC. The base
commanders will be oriented on sensitizing the military on male circumcision.
Military condoms will be distributed to all military bases and camps and will also be distributed to all peer
educators and commanders during training sessions so that they cane be further distributed at the base
level.
To ensure proper implementation of MAPPthe above activities simple tools will be developed like checklists
to assess and monitor the impact of activities. Chaplains and base commanders will use these tools.
A tracking system will also be put in place to monitor referral from the base commanders / HIV Unit
Coordinators (HUCs) and chaplains to services in the camps and bases and beyond.
Quality assurance system: BCC coordinators will have the responsibility of ensuring quality assurance with
the chaplains and base commanders / HIV Unit Coordinators. Tools will establish the key messages
imparted to military from chaplains and base commanders / HUC, and through periodic assessments of all
information collected from program.
SMA will also develop a work plan and monitoring and evaluation plan. These tools will be reviewed on a
quarterly basis to assess relevance and appropriateness of program. Key indicators will include number of
military reached, and the messages imparted.
However informal and focus group discussions will be carried out on a quarterly basis to assess the impact
on behavior change, pre-test IEC materials and test new concepts. To ensure effective coordination and
implementation, meetings will be held with the chaplains and base commanders on a quarterly basis
through the steering committee to communicate the progress of the program.
Top leadership of the MOD/NDF will be consulted and involved in the planning, implementation monitoring
and evaluation of the program.
New/Continuing Activity: Continuing Activity
Continuing Activity: 16170
Continued Associated Activity Information
Activity Activity ID USG Agency Prime Partner Mechanism Mechanism ID Mechanism Planned Funds
System ID System ID
16170 3830.08 Department of Namibian Social 7369 6145.08 DOD/Social $267,500
Defense Marketing Marketing
Association Association
7893 3830.07 Department of Namibian Social 6145 6145.07 DOD/Social $175,000
3830 3830.06 Department of Social Marketing 3105 3105.06 Military Action $175,000
Defense Association/Popul and Prevention
ation Services Program
International
(MAPP)
Emphasis Areas
Gender
* Addressing male norms and behaviors
* Increasing gender equity in HIV/AIDS programs
Military Populations
Workplace Programs
Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
Table 3.3.02:
During FY 2009 prevention activities for high risk military personnel in support of the Ministry of Defense's
Military Action and Prevention Program (MAPP) will continue to be delivered in order to reinforce behavior
change. Peer educators will continue to receive more training in Behavior Change Communication (BCC)
approaches in order to impart BBC messages to soldiers at the bases/camps.
The main objective of this program area is to increase coverage and improve quality of BCC messages to
over 10,000 soldiers. The BCC activities will be reinforced by integrating Military People Living with HIV
(PLWHA) as peer educators and providing support services through the established support gropus such as
the one at the Military Headquarters in Grootfontein. Key messages will include specific targeted messages
addressing consistent condom use, abstinence and being faithfull, partner reduction, addressing alcohol
abuse, and drug abuse and its related dangers.
1. SMA will facilitate training for the 92 peer educators who will continue to be introduced to various peer
education approaches to convey prevention messages to ensure the maximum involvement by the soldiers
in the learning process. All peer education activities developed in FY 2008 will be reviewed including the
peer education curriculum. In COP 09, peer education approach will be extended to the level of officers to
ensure that HIV prevention messages are spreading across the ranks of the Namibian military. Each of the
23 bases/camps will have at least an additional four trained peer educators, as trainers of trainers (ToT)
among which a peer educator coordinator will be selected in order to ensure that a larger cadre of military
personnel have been trained in peer education approaches.
2. Roles and responsibilities for the peer educators and coordinators will be reviewed during FY09.
3. The 23 HIV/AIDS Unit Coordinators will continue to play the role of supervising the peer education
program in the camps and bases. New recruits will be identified and trained in HIV/AIDS coordination to
ensure coordination skills among a larger group of soldiers.
4. During FY09, a total of 1,000,000, condoms will be procured, packaged and distributed to all the 23
military service outlets which include the VCT sites, military hospitals and ART sites, the sick bays, and the
established outreach units designated. Condoms will also be sent to Namibian peacekeeping contingents
together with other information, education and communication materials. The distribution will be done in
accordance with the condom distribution strategy developed under FY08. In addition to distribution at fixed
sited, military condoms will also be distributed during each training session, seminar and workshop.
5. In close collaboration with the DOD PEPFAR MAPP treatment partner, SMA will continue support the
MOD/NDF in establishing support group of people living with HIV/AIDS to at the bases where there non
existent . Activities for PLWHA will include giving testimonials and providing counseling services to other
PLWHA.
6. The popular military film Remember Eliphas 1 and 2 produced under COP05 and COP06 will continue to
be used at all bases/camps to motivate soldiers to change their behavior.
7. SMA will continue to develop military specific prevention information, education and communication
materials such as leaflets, posters, booklets and brochures on issues such as alcohol abuse, male
circumcision, stigma reduction,gender, condoms and STIs.. Peer educators will distribute these IEC
materials at all camps and bases.
8. In collaboration with DOD PEPFAR funded treatment partner SMA will target special events, such as
World AIDS Day, National Testing Day and all military specific days as a forum for distribution and
promotion of MAPP services and activities.
9. Four hundred (400) listening devices with specific messages targetted at the Namibian military will be
procured and distributed to all 23 bases/camps.
10. Further training on Male Norms Initiatives will be conducted for MOD/NDFpersonnel. Positive role
models for gender equity among the base soldiers will be identified.
11. SMA will strengthen linkages with the Male Circumcision (MC) Task Force in the Ministry of Health and
Social Services and other MC partners to ensure that MC messages are integrated in BCC activities.
Mapping of peer education activities in the camps and bases will continue to be undertaken, to guide quality
and coverage. Peer education approaches initiated in FY 2008 will be strengthened and expanded in
COPO9. An additional new 46 peer educators will be trained on how to use drama and film that depicts real
life choices and dilemmas regarding HIV/AIDS that soldiers might face.
12. An Information Education and Communication (IEC) distribution plan developeed under FY08 will be
distributed to all the peer educators and HIV/AIDS Coordinators.
13. SMA will support the MOD/NDF in participating on international events such as annual HIV
Implementers meeting, regional military HIV/AIDS conference as well as seminar and workshops on specific
HIV prevention topics.
14. To ensure sustainability of the MAPP program, SMA will continue to assist MOD/NDF in building its
capacity of established HIV/AIDS Steering Committees at all bases and MOD headquarters.
15. Top leadership of the MOD/NDF will be consulted and involved in planning, implementation and
monitoring and evaluation of the program. Periodic partnership meetings will be conducted to review the
progress of the program. These activities mentioned will enable MOD to take full ownership of the program.
The preventions partners' key role in this program will be support.
Please review the activity narrative from COP08:
During FY 2008 prevention activities for high risk military personnel in support of the Ministry of Defense's
change. Peer educators will be trained in Behavior Change Communication (BCC) approaches in order to
impart BBC messages to soldiers at the bases/camps.
The main objective therefore for this program area is to increase coverage and improve quality of BCC
messages to over 10,000 soldiers. The BCC activities will be reinforced by integrating Military People Living
with HIV (PLWHA). Key messages will be promotion of consistent condom use, faithfulness and reduction
of sexual partners.
Activity Narrative: SMA will also work with the male circumcision (MC) partners to ensure that MC messages are integrated in
BCC activities. Mapping of peer education activities in the camps and bases will be done, to guide quality
and coverage. Peer education approaches initiated in FY 2007 will be strengthened and expand in COPO8.
Peer educators will be trained on how to use drama and film that depicts real life choices and dilemmas
facing soldiers in their peer education approaches.
In addition, they will also be taught on using other peer education approaches such as interpersonal
communication, lectures and seminars to convey prevention messages to ensure the maximum involvement
by the soldiers in the learning process. All peer education activities developed in FY 2007 will be reviewed
including the peer education curriculum. Each of the 23 bases/camps will have at least four trained peer
educators, as trainers of trainers (ToT) among which a peer educator coordinator will be selected. Roles
and responsibilities for the peer educators and coordinators will be reviewed. HIV/AIDS Coordinators will be
charged with the supervision of the peer education program in the camps and bases At every base or camp
a support group of people living with HIV/AIDS will be established to ensure that PLWHA benefit from all the
necessary support and referral services at the bases/camps.
Activities for PLWHA will include giving testimonials during IPC sessions, and providing counseling services
to other PLWHA. The popular BCC film Remember Eliphas 1 and 2 produced under COP05 and COP06 will
continue to be used at all bases/camps to motivate soldiers to change their behavior. Military specific
prevention information, education and communication materials such as leaflets, posters, booklets and
brochures will be adapted and distributed at all camps and bases. Materials will include issues such as
alcohol abuse, gender, condoms and STIs.
This program will offer an excellent opportunity to address gender equity, male norms and behavior.
Therefore there will be efforts to focus on changing male norms and behavior and enforcing gender equity.
EngenderHealth is already training the DOD prevention partners and the MOD within the framework of the
Male Norms Initiative in FY07. Their support will be sought to provide further training to the MOD/NDF.
Positive role models for gender equity among the base soldiers will be identified. The role models will
receive gender focused training and will be charged with advocacy of gender equity and addressing issues
related changing male norms and behavior. A gender campaign to promote male involvement in CT,
PMCTC, and ARV adherence will be accelerated during COP08 in close collaboration with the MAPP care
and treatment partner. An Information Education and Communication (IEC) distribution plan will be
developed in collaboration with MOD/NDF and MOHSS.
During FY08, a total of 200,000 condoms will be distributed to all the 23 military bases. An average of two
service outlets at each of the 23 bases and camps and a service outlet at the REEC in Rundu will continue
to distribute military condoms. Condoms will also be sent to Namibian peacekeeping contingents together
with other information, education and communication materials. Distribution outlets will be assessed and
established in the bases and camps, to include the VCT sites, military hospitals and ART sites, the sick
bays, and the established outreach units designated. This will be done in consultation with the base
commanders.
Tools will be developed to monitor distribution and supervision will be carried out by peer education
coordinators of MOD/NDF. Military condoms will also be distributed during each training session, seminar
and workshop.
To support all these activities and ensure proper implementation a Management Information System will be
developed. Information from programs through IPC, evaluation tools, peer education tools, checklist and
suggestion boxes will have to be analyzed to feed into the program.
A work plan and a monitoring and evaluation plan will be developed. Both process and impact indicators will
be monitored on a quarterly basis. While effort will be made to meet the targets for reach, assessments will
be done on a quarterly basis to assess impact of the program.
These assessments will be used to identify gaps, challenges and impact of the MAPP program. To ensure
sustainability of the MAPP program in MOD/NDF, HIV/AIDS Steering Committees will be established at all
bases and MOD headquarters.
Top leadership of the MOD/NDF will be consulted and involved in planning, implementation and monitoring
and evaluation of the program. And periodic partnership meetings will be conducted to review the progress
of the program. These activities mentioned will enable MOD to take full ownership of the program. The
preventions partners' key role in this program will be support.
Continuing Activity: 16173
16173 3831.08 Department of Namibian Social 7369 6145.08 DOD/Social $287,500
7894 3831.07 Department of Namibian Social 6145 6145.07 DOD/Social $160,000
3831 3831.06 Department of Social Marketing 3105 3105.06 Military Action $196,000
Table 3.3.03:
