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.
UNICEF has played a key role in the development of the countrys action framework for No child born with HIV and improving the health and wellbeing of mothers, partners and babies in South Africa 2012-2016. There is renewed momentum and energy across the country as it responds to the 2011 global call for elimination of Mother to child transmission of HIV and keeping mothers alive and healthy. UNICEF will the development of tailored provincial and district action frameworks for eMTCT (2012-2016) using evidence and data for decentralized planning and action. UNICEF will provide technical support to national and provincial departments of health to implement these action frameworks focusing on quality of service delivery and using data for programme action.
UNICEF will support a greater understanding of existing community systems and gaps to increase demand and quality of services for PMTCT. Work will also be done to support the development of a national quality improvement framework for PMTCT defining standards of care and checklists to improve quality in service delivery, data management and performance management.
There are challenges in reaching universal coverage for women and children especially those living in hard to reach areas. A focus on strengthening the PMTCT continuum of care and decreasing loss to follow up of women and children, filling in gaps in service delivery through outreach and community based services and strengthening linkages between health and social protection programmes are all needed in order to reach the most marginalised women and children.
UNICEF will provide technical support in completion of the action framework at the national level, supporting completion of action frameworks at provincial and district levels. A midterm assessment in 2012 and 2013 of the progress towards elimination targets will be conducted UNICEF will also support setting up of a regular monitoring and mentoring system from national to provinces and districts to facilities ensuring full participation of all partners and stakeholders working on PMTCT. UNICEF will increase demand and access to PMTCT and paediatric care and treatment services at the community level and collaborate with all stakeholders to ensure Community systems are developed that will augment the demand and reach of primary health care, PMTCT and pediatric treatment services and ensure that most vulnerable communities in FS, MP, NC, NW and EC are reached. A situational analysis of available programme and demographic data at district level will be used to identify vulnerable communities and where significant bottlenecks exist, build capacity. Community agents will be used to influence positive PMTCT care seeking and IYCF amongst men and women.UNICEF will develop a framework for developing national standards of care for delivery of quality PMTCT and Paediatric ART services at facility and community level as a basis for quality improvement programming. These standards will be defined for each level of health care delivery and community based services. The framework will be piloted in at least two provinces.
Activities will include identification of quality of PMTCT and Paediatric care measure(s) or quality indicators; measurement of baseline performance on quality measures; identification of interventions designed to improve the quality measure, document and disseminate results.
