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.
The goal of this program is to strengthen SAG health systems by facilitating training opportunities for 500 individuals to qualify as Post-Basic Pharmacist Assistants (PBPAs), thereby addressing the skills gap in the pharmacy sector and enhancing delivery of quality services for HIV/AIDS and TB patients. Pharmacy systems will be strengthened by allocating 10 Designated Supervisory Pharmacists (DSP) to support 50 PHCs. The program supports 123 PHCs in 24 districts in the Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape provinces of which 70% of are rural with high unemployment rates and poorly-skilled populations. This program will thus also create employment through qualification to work at the community health care facility. The program will become more cost effective as the DOH absorbs learners who are currently receiving stipends from Kheth’Impilo (KI), over the life of the project.The 50 qualified PBPAs, working under indirect supervision of a Designated Supervisory Pharmacist. (DSP) will increase access to care and improve quality of ART and other pharmaceutical services, thereby accelerating the implementation of HIV and AIDS services and improving the quality of care according to the NSP and NHI. A total of 50,000 patients directly benefit from this initiative and cost savings are ensured through the reduction of expired stock in PBPA-supported sites. KI will improve governance and supply chain improvement throughout district pharmacy services by attending regular district pharmacy supply meetings. Quarterly M&E reports are submitted and contain comparison of outcomes with the goals and objectives, analysis and explanation of cost overruns, and data collected according to the M&E plan and related analyses
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.
