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: 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.
"Strategic, Evidence-Based Communication Interventions Systematically Applied at Multiple Levels for Greater Effectiveness of HIV Prevention Programs", a new award, will a) build South African Government (SAG) capacity to manage effective communication programs, b) implement communication interventions; and c) promote knowledge sharing. The project will employ the ‘Social Ecology Model’ to support SAG’s multi-sector HIV/SGBV prevention response through social and behavior change communication (SBCC) addressing contextual factors to influence social and behavioral determinants and drivers of HIV and SGB. It will ensure cutting edge, evidence-driven communication to: improve knowledge and skills; address ideational factors and norms relating to HIV and SGBV; and strengthen demand for biomedical prevention services. Strategic communication will use synergy between mass communication under this award with community level ‘dialogue to action’ in another award. The project aims to ensure that audiences identify with messages, thereby increasing the likelihood of application in their daily lives. Priority audiences include young women (ages 15-24); uncircumcised males (ages 10-29); but also older adults, persons with disabilities, men who have sex with men, sex workers and OVCs. Geographic coverage will be defined jointly with the SAG, expected to be national in scope. Monitoring and evaluation will include: the National Communication Survey (NCS); monitoring of audience reach; qualitative assessments of communities at three points in time; and evaluating linkages between demand creation and services uptake. Partner planned cost-effectiveness assessment will entail analyzing intervention cost data and estimates of observed impact of discreet communications interventions."
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
