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 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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.
Caritas-Rwanda, a local CSO, has implemented Gimbuka since September 2012. In COP14, it will be running on pipeline funds. Its objectives are to: improve the nutritional status of mothers and children, especially those under two years, through community-based interventions and improve the wellbeing of HIV/AIDS affected orphans and vulnerable children and their families. Community-based nutrition and OVC activities are implemented in 112 Sectors in 14 of the 30 districts in Rwanda, targeting 15,000 OVC and their families. A mapping exercise was performed to confirm that there was no duplication of services. Successful community approaches including Positive Deviance Hearth, Farmer Field Schools (attended by both men and women), and Savings and Loans Groups to advance household economic strengthening are cost-effective. To promote gender equality, the project sensitizes men to get involved in childcare and feeding to complement women. To promote harmony and equal rights, the project sensitizes the community on the adverse effects of GBV and human trafficking with its negative consequences for households and community development.
As the economic situation of households improves, direct support needed by OVC decrease. Gimbuka trains and supervises community volunteers to provide services to beneficiaries in addition to involving local leaders in identification of vulnerable populations and service delivery. This approach insures the sustainability of activities beyond the end of this program. Volunteers report services delivered and beneficiaries served to field staff who compile reports for program management. The program shares targets and achievements with other implementers and the GoR. Caritas will incorporate custom MER indicators into its M&E system.
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.
