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
The Fogarty International Center, NIH is supporting supplements through several research training grants to South African (SA) universities to develop fellowships for SA health professionals to develop expertise in implementation science. The fellowship includes short courses in implementation science and a mentored project designed to address specific barriers to HIV-related services identified at PEPFAR-funded sites. Each university is provided the flexibility to propose how to implement the fellowship. Annual meetings are planned to allow the universities to share their implementation model, and to explore pros and cons experienced with each. These meetings will also provide an opportunity for the fellows to share their mentored research project results. Experiences from the various fellowship programs will help identify best practices for the continuation of existing fellowship programs and the development of new programs at other SA universities. The objective of this activity is to strengthen the capacity of SA universities to provide health professionals with the knowledge and skills need to solve barriers to the provision of HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment services. While the fellowship program is focused on current barriers, the knowledge and skills included in a fully developed fellowship program should be able to will support future fellows to address new barriers as they evolve over time in both HIV- and non-HIV-specific services. This activity supports HSS and the PF by increasing the capacity of SA institutions to train health professionals to conduct operational research and basic program evaluations.
The supplements through Fogarty research training grants supported through this activity will support the strengthening of the capacity of South African universities to provide postgraduate fellowships in implementation science to health professionals in South Africa. As HIV and TB prevention, care and treatment programs expand throughout South Africa and adjust to the evolving epidemics and the availability of new interventions, there will be a continuing need to have a cadre of health professionals who is able to address the barriers that prevent access to services or to improve the quality of existing services now and in the future. These fellowship programs should provide health professionals with the broad-based implementation science knowledge and skills that can be applied to address these barriers across prevention, care and treatment services for HIV, TB and other health conditions. As Health professionals will be recruited from all over SA for the fellowship, District Management Teams are encouraged to recruit suitable candidates from their districts to apply for a fellowship.
