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: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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 goal of Shout-it-Now’s (SN) program is to increase community knowledge of HIV status, and identify and link infected individuals to care. The program offers a mixed model approach to HCT, including mobile screening to general populations supplemented by coordinated outreaches to target populations, including partners and families of HIV positive index patients. Services will be provided in the targeted wards of Thokoza, Daveyton, Tsakane and surrounding areas in Gauteng. The goal will be to ensure 80% HCT saturation in those identified wards, as well as strengthen linkages to care institutions and services, especially primary health care institutions.
The program targets the general population (aged 15-49), including children (aged 2-14), young women (aged 15-24), sexually active men (aged 15-49) and PLWHIV. Gender targets for the program’s services are 50% male and 50% female. The program directly supports the prevention goal of the PF, and is similarly supportive of the NSP goal to reduce new HIV infections by 50% and ensuring that 100% of the people diagnosed with HIV infection are linked to care. For sustainability, HCT test kits and consumables will be obtained from the SAG. SN will ensure that all program staff is trained on Quality Assurance to ensure the quality of rapid HIV testing, in line with the SAG HIV Policy guidelines.
The project will contribute towards the creation of a cadre of trained professionals for seamless transition to SAG management. SN will ensure all program activities, outputs, outcomes and impact are tracked effectively and generate all required reports. SN will integrate data systems to avoid duplication with SAG systems.
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.
