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: 2011 2012 2013 2014
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.
This project is being terminated by USAID. A new project called Linkages will continue the activities in FY14. Goal: To improve access by vulnerable populations to quality HIV prevention and care services in 4 states and 10 counties. Target groups are perceived to be at higher risk of HIV infection. Objectives: To reduce HIV/AIDS transmission among the general population and key target groups through improved BCC strategies; To improve the quality of life of PLHIV and their families by expanding access to and promoting community and home based care services and by linking them closely with other non-HIV related services; To expand and promote the utilization of quality counseling and testing services; to build capacity in South Sudan for HIV policy development and implementation and to build systems to provide for sustainability of activities. Cost efficiency strategy: SHAP supports the national efforts to decentralize services to the lower levels; integrate services, strengthen referrals and encourage provider initiative counseling and testing (PICT). Transition strategy: SHAP will continue to strengthen health systems through continued capacity building at the government and community level. Staff will work with providers and managers at all levels of the health system to build their capacity to plan, manage and monitor. Monitoring and Evaluation: SHAP will continue to build capacity at all levels to better understand the HIV epidemic and its drivers, by strengthening GoSS and community partners to collect, use, and disseminate quality data to support evidence based decision making for policy-making, programming and program strengthening.
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.
