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
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.
URC-ASSIST will support QA/QI for HIV treatment programs at national, provincial and district levels. Working closely with provincial and district managers in 5 provinces (Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northwest, Eastern Cape, Kwa-zulu Natal) and 31 districts, URC-ASSIST will provide technical assistance to support quality improvement (QI) to facilitate further scale-up of adult and pediatric HIV treatment services, improving retention as well as the quality of services provided to PLHIV and their families. URC-ASSIST will support NDOH to standardize QI approaches for the NDOH which will be implemented by District Support Partners in all 52 districts. Building on previous experience, URC-ASSIST will capacitate DOH staff to utilize quality improvement data to track and evaluate clinical outcomes, utilizing ART cohort data where available. Other performance data and current clinical outcomes will also be utilized for quality improvement at the facility level. In line with the National Service Delivery Agreement and PEPFAR priorities, including the Continuum of Response (CoR) approach, URC-ASSIST will play an integral role in scaling up the implementation of Continuous Quality Improvement methodology. URC-ASSIST staff will also assist the SAG with preparations for implementation of the NHI, through ongoing work with the National Core Standards. URC-ASSIST will capacitate DOH staff to utilize data to track and evaluate clinical outcomes, utilizing DHIS data. URC-ASSIST will also strengthen and support the implementation of the ART Tier.Net in supported provinces. Target populations include: PLHIV, Healthcare providers, Program Managers, PEPFAR partners, NGOs/CBOs/volunteers.
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.
