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: 2012 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 Nursing Education Partnership Initiative (NEPI) is a sub-project of the Global Nursing Capacity Building Program (GNCBP) which aims to increase the production of skilled nursing graduates and the quality and relevance of nursing and midwifery education in select African countries.
The goal of the NEPI South Africa project is to strengthen the quality and capacity of selected nursing institutions in South Africa to ensure production of sufficient numbers of well-trained, clinically competent graduates. Strategies will include aligning nursing curricula with country health needs and priorities. It will also contribute to the region’s efforts to strengthening the nursing and midwifery workforce through its networks with NEPI programs in other countries. The project will work closely with the Department of Health (DoH) in identified provinces in the country as well as with nurse educational institutions (NEI) to build on the Campus to Clinic Mentorship Program (CTCM) developed by the ICAP Nurse Capacity Initiative (INCI).
The project will be implemented within the Nursing Strategic Plan as a collaborative effort with the Department of Health, South African Nursing Council, Nursing Associations and Nursing education fraternity to ensure ownership and capacity building of these governing bodies.
ICAP will continue to provide M&E technical assistance and capacity building to country teams to facilitate quarterly reporting and ensure high-quality data. In line with the GNCBP M&E Plan, progress to targets will be monitored on a quarterly basis and summarized in the quarterly reports. Project progress will be closely monitored and analyzed to ensure continued responsiveness and relevance to project goals, and modified as needed.
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.
