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.
For over two decades, the AIDS International Training and Research Program (AITRP) has provided training for scientists from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) to strengthen HIV-related research and public health capacities at their institutions. More recently, the International Clinical, Operational, and Health Services Research Training Award for AIDS and TB (ICOHRTA-AIDS/TB) program was established to strengthen the capacity of institutions in LMIC to conduct clinical research and implementation science focused on HIV and TB. The research training under these programs address the skills needed to design and conduct HIV/AIDS and TB research for the scale-up of effective interventions. Robust local research capacity and scientific leadership for health services are essential to ensuring that the goals of PEPFAR are achieved.
The proposed activity will support health systems strengthening and clinical research training for South African health professionals interested in operational research that supports the enhanced delivery of HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment and TB control activities under PEPFAR. Implementation of these activities will be accomplished via the NIH's Fogarty International Center's (FIC) existing AITRP and ICOHRTA AIDS/TB grantees in South Africa. The grant's overall objective will be implemented through the identification and support of selected African health professionals for participation in long-term, health systems strengthening and research trainings.
The activities under this supplemental award will directly contribute to the PEPFAR reauthorization
expansion goal of health systems strengthening. Additionally, these funds will support the capacity and
skills development of local health professionals to conduct operations and health services research to
support the delivery of high-quality HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities and to assist with TB control
efforts. Such capacity building will lead to service delivery sustainability and the development of local
leadership in both research and implementation science to support the provision of HIV/AIDS and TB
related health services.
