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
This activity provides a community-based intervention that combines group-based microfinance with a 12-15 months gender and HIV training curriculum known as Sisters for Life (SFL). The program has a partnership with an established microfinance provider, Small Enterprise Foundation (SEF). The project target both young and older women and focuses on addressing poverty, gender inequality, intimate partner violence and HIV risk through a sustainable process of economic development and social education and mobilization. Through this activity the economic well-being and independence of communities is improved, their vulnerability to both HIV and gender-based violence is reduced, and robust community mobilization to address common concerns is fostered.
There is evidence that there is impact on IMAGE participants on poverty as there is increased household expenditure and assets, and increased membership in savings groups; womens empowerment - 55% reduction in risk of physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner. The activity also contributes on improvement in 9 indicators of womens empowerment including self - confidence, challenging gender norms, autonomy in decision-making, and collective action; and HIV risk among young women participants, greater HIV communication with partners, accessing of VCT services, and greater condom use.
The IMAGE project have valuable lessons to impart to other partners, i.e womens empowerment is more than just money and then Microfinance (without training) did NOT lead to broader social & health benefits. It is of importance to hold group education, tackle cultural beliefs & participate in mobilizing communities to stand up for their right and do the right thing as far as justice for women and children is concerned.
Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) is a PPP partner funded under the Global Development Alliance for a three year period. It is a sub-partner to Wits Health Consortium. IMAGE is implementing in Mpumalanga, Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal. For the Microfinance activities it works with Small Enterprise Foundation(SEF) in NW and GP while in KZN it is going to work with Sinamandla. SEF does not have an office in KZN. IMAGE provides microfinance and gender/HIV training to women. The main objective is to empower women economically to be financially independent and self -suffiicient. To build their resilience against HIV; raise awareness to reduce gender based violence against women and children. In the next two years IMAGE will scale up its activities in the abovementioned three provinces. IMAGE has been identified as a Gender Challenge Fund partner to scale up gender activities with microfinance specifically in KwaZulu Natal.
