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.
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.
The K4Health/Nigeria Web-based CMLE Program has been awarded a two-year extension for $800,000. The project will continue the work that was started to provide opportunities for Laboratory Scientists to continuously improve their knowledge, update and sharpen old skills, acquire new ones, and broaden their horizons. Continuing Medical Laboratory Education (CMLE) is one of the strategies for continuous quality improvement of Clinical and Public Health Laboratory services. Having access to a Web-based CMLE program can significantly improve the ability of Medical Laboratory Scientists to deliver accurate and reliable laboratory test results. The objectives of this project are to (1) increase Medical Laboratory Scientists' access to quality CMLE programs, and in turn, improve the skills and proficiencies of laboratory professionals; (2) develop and build local capacity to design, implement, and manage a quality and sustainable CMLE program as well as build the financial management and organizational capacity of local Laboratory Professional Association to access USG or other donor funds directly for sustainable program implementation; and (3) institutionalize the consistent use of standard-CMLE credits as a requisite for licensure. The main activities contributing to these objectives include: the development, management, and monitoring of AMLSN-authored and MLSCN-accredited e-Learning courses as well as the institutionalization, monitoring, and updating of the revised Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Policy. The main focus of the next two years is to ensure that the organizational capacity and structures are in place at AMLSN and MLSCN to manage, implement, and monitor these activities after this funding period.
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.
