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 2012 2013 2014 2015
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 improvement of public health workforce is a key priority for the Government of Rwanda and the School of Public Health project helps to generate a workforce that strengthens and expands services in all districts throughout Rwanda. The University of Rwanda School of Public Health (SPH) implementing mechanism project enters the last year of implementation of activities in COP14. During the last year, the IM will support: technical and administrative capacity building, and program implementation. PEPFAR funds will be used to support instructors and research assistants in three public health academic departments that relate to the National Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS. The IM will also focus on retention of the SPH workforce by conducting activities related to staff motivation, performance- based financing, teaching incentives, and providing research-related opportunities. In addition, funds will be used for continuing education to improve teaching quality and research capacity. In COP14, the SPH will support PhD and Master’s degree programs, conduct certificate courses, and manage the HIV fellowship program. In conjunction with the Rwanda Biomedical Center Institute of HIV Disease Prevention and Control and USG agencies, the SPH manages the Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (FELTP). Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) will be performed to assess the quality of the SPH teaching program, approach, and programmatic outcomes. M&E data will also be used to inform the program’s closeout and future public health workforce activities.
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.
