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: 2010 2011 2012
MEASURE Evaluation will continue to strengthen the unified national HIV/AIDS M&E system, and build capacity for data collection, analysis, dissemination and use in decision making. The specific activities to be implemented are grouped into four components. The first component focuses on capacity building and skills transfer at national institutions: CNLS and MOH/TRAC Plus. Training will be organized at national and sub-national levels to strengthen the capacity of program managers to apply M&E data in decision making and programming. The contractor will assist in the dissemination of best practices.
Technical assistance to CNLS will include assistance in the development of study protocols and in conducting studies on various aspects of HIV prevention and social impact mitigation, including process evaluations. The assistance aims to expand the role of CNLS in the design and implementation phases of studies and evaluations to reduce dependence on external technical assistance. MEASURE Evaluation will also contribute to the improvement of the functioning of the HIV/AIDS Research Committee through the provision of technical and financial assistance.
The second component includes technical assistance to MOH/TRAC Plus for the maintenance and improvement of the HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria monitoring and evaluation systems in the context of efforts to integrate the various electronic information systems in the health sector. MEASURE Evaluation will work closely with the Informatics Unit at TRAC Plus, the HMIS Unit in the MOH, and the M&E and Data Analysis units in CNLS to ensure harmony in indicators and data collection systems. Building upon existing data quality assurance tools, MEASURE Evaluation will provide assistance to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to develop and manage protocols and procedures to assure data quality in national and decentralized information systems. Technical assistance will also be provided to integrate data reliability activities into routine quarterly monitoring and reporting activities.
In addition, MEASURE Evaluation will assist in the development of a harmonized reporting system for community level activities (basic care and support, OVC, sexual prevention activities). Support will also be provided to civil society umbrella organizations to build their capacity for M&E and to ensure that they are linked to the national HIV/AIDS M&E system.
In the third component, technical assistance will be provided to the CNLS Data Analysis Unit to review and improve the database developed by the CNLS to ensure that state-of-the-art approaches are being used - including data interchange and the introduction of other technologies as needed. Limited funding will also be available for the purchase of new software, upgrades and renewal of site licenses for software already possessed by the CNLS and TRAC Plus.
The fourth component of the technical assistance will focus on the promotion of data use in planning and management. Support will be provided to the M&E and Data Analysis units in CNLS and TRAC Plus in the analysis of program data from all databases and in the feeding of the results into the programs for improvement in service delivery. The contractor will also provide support to the organization of the Annual National HIV/AIDS Research Conference in Rwanda.
In 2008, the GOR elaborated a national monitoring and evaluation strategy for OVC which outlines the data flow from lower administrative and implementation levels to the national level. MEASURE Evaluation will continue the work started in FY 2009, providing technical assistance to strengthen this system, and building data analysis and use capacity at national and sub-national levels. MEASURE Evaluation will continue to support the key GOR institutions involved in OVC programs, namely CNLS and MIGEPROF, to strengthen the collection, analysis, reporting, quality and use of information for decision support, including program management and coordination. PEPFAR partners implementing OVC activities will regularly report service data to the OVC M&E system to ensure accurate and quality information is available.
This activity will focus on capacity building within CNLS and MIGEPROF to help operationalize the national OVC M&E strategy through long-term technical advisors seconded to national institutions. Technical assistance will be provided for training in data quality, to promote results-based management, and to provide support for the implementation of the national unified OVC M&E framework, linking it to the national HIV/AIDS M&E framework. As a result of this activity, CNLS and MIGEPROF will have the capacity and mechanism for actively monitoring the implementation of OVC activities aiming at the mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS.
This activity is aimed at building and making functional the national M&E system.
Technical assistance to CNLS will include assistance in the development of study protocols and in conducting studies on various aspects of HIV prevention and social impact mitigation, including process evaluations. The assistance aims to expand the role of CNLS in the design and implementation phases of studies and evaluations to reduce dependence on external technical assistance. MEASURE Evaluation will also contribute to the improvement of the functioning of the HIV/AIDS Research Committee through the provision of technical and financial assistance. Additionally, funds have been budgeted under the MEASURE Evaluation mechanism for conducting during FY 2010 a mid-term evaluation of the Rwanda National Strategic Plan on HIV and AIDS 2009-2012.
The second component includes technical assistance to MOH/TRAC Plus for the maintenance and
improvement of the HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria monitoring and evaluation systems in the context of efforts to integrate the various electronic information systems in the health sector. MEASURE Evaluation will work closely with the Informatics Unit at TRAC Plus, the HMIS Unit in the MOH, and the M&E and Data Analysis units in CNLS to ensure harmony in indicators and data collection systems. Building upon existing data quality assurance tools, MEASURE Evaluation will provide assistance to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to develop and manage protocols and procedures to assure data quality in national and decentralized information systems. Technical assistance will also be provided to integrate data reliability activities into routine quarterly monitoring and reporting activities.
This activity will focus on capacity building within CNLS and MIGEPROF to help operationalize the
national OVC M&E strategy through long-term technical advisors seconded to national institutions. Technical assistance will be provided for training in data quality, to promote results-based management, and to provide support for the implementation of the national unified OVC M&E framework, linking it to the national HIV/AIDS M&E framework. As a result of this activity, CNLS and MIGEPROF will have the capacity and mechanism for actively monitoring the implementation of OVC activities aiming at the mitigation of the impact of HIV and AIDS.
