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: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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.
Health Initiatives for Safety and Stability in Africa (HIFASS) is an indigenous Nigerian organization established with the mission to expand, institutionalize and improve the quality of HIV services within the Nigerian military health portfolio. Through an existing MOU with the Nigeria Ministry of Defence (NMOD), HIFASS focuses on qualified manpower in support of the NMOD HIV Program. Currently it provides 129 healthcare workers across 23 comprehensive NMOD military treatment facilities (MTF) to strengthen HIV/AIDS service delivery. This staffing is spread across 17 states including Lagos, Oyo, Edo, Benue, Anambra, Imo, Enugu, FCT, Kaduna, Kano, Plateau, Borno, Delta, Rivers, Rivers, Cross River and Sokoto.
HIFASS concentrates on key areas of HIV/AIDS services: Basic Health Care and Support; Laboratory infrastructure; Health System Strengthening; ARV drugs; Adult Treatment; HIV Counseling and Testing; and Strategic Information. Staff support data collection, site administration, service delivery and other requirements as identified by the NMOD. HIFASS personnel not only play a pivotal role in backfilling vacant positions but also provide on-the-job mentoring to increase the capacity of existing managers and healthcare workers. HIFASS personnel also serve as conduits between the MTF and other US DoD IMs.
HIFASS employs the “PROMISE” - Partnership, Results, Operational Integration, Management, Information sharing and use, Systems strengthening and Evaluation – model as its engagement strategy with the NMOD to ensure smooth transition of capacity to the Nigeria military. They will work with NMOD leadership, in conjunction with Federal Civil Service Commission, to gradually transition and monitor integration of the 129 health care workers into the NMOD structure.
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.
