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.
Peace Corps Rwanda Volunteers (PCVs) use Volunteer Activities Support & Training (VAST) grants to pursue activities to promote positive behaviors and practices to reduce the spread of HIV, and increase the amount of training and resources available to help mitigate the destructive effects of HIV/AIDS on the OVC population. In COP14, this IM will run on pipeline. In accordance with the Peace Corps’ Health Project Framework that aligns with Rwanda’s National Strategic Plan (NSP):
HIV prevention: Rwandan community members, including youth, orphans and vulnerable children, will adopt positive behaviors and practices to decrease the spread of HIV, and they will have better access to social support to mitigate harmful effects of HIV. PCVs will work with Youth to promote and healthier behaviors and practices to prevent the transmission of HIV through life skills activities. This will be accomplished through school based sexual health and HIV and AIDS education, anti-AIDS clubs as recommended in the NSP.
PLHIV & OVCs Health and Well Being: PCVs will work with community health partners to identify and support PLHIV & OVC by supporting PLHIV Cooperatives to start IGA geared towards market needs, supporting bio intensive agricultural projects and animal husbandry, by conducting awareness campaigns to reduce stigma and discrimination.
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.
