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: 2013 2014
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 primary goal of technical assistance(TA) in PNG by HEALTHQUAL International (HQI) is to demonstrate an effective model for improving the quality of national HIV care and treatment services through strengthening the of national, provincial and healthcare organization systems of quality management (QM). Activities are aligned fully with the PEPFAR Quality Strategy. Through quality improvement (QI), the GoPNG would be able to improve retention rates and reduce loss to follow up, both of which are key goals in the 2011-2015 National HIV and AIDS Strategy. The overall objective of TA is to implement facility-based QI to strengthen the quality of national HIV support services. This will be accomplished through the provision of coaching and mentoring to build capacity for QM, including performance measurement and improved organizational processes.
The major target population of the TA will be the National Department of Health (NDoH) and regional and provincial health departments in the four regional hospitals. There is a particular focus on the Highlands and the National Capital District (NDC), and the staff at implementation health facilities.
HQI incorporates a strategy for country ownership, working with the government to plan and implement the project. HQI increasingly relies on implementation by the NDoH. The M&E plan includes semi-annual performance measurement reviews with participating sites. A site-level organizational assessment measures the implementation of QM programs.
Due to the slow availability of funds and other administrative issues, the outlays during FY14 will be concentrated in the second half of the year. During this upcoming budget year it is expected that outlays on a quarterly basis will be level.
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.
