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: 2010 2011 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 National Alliance of State and Territorial Directors (NASTAD) works in collaboration with SA PDOHs to expand and enhance HIV/AIDS care, prevention, and treatment programs by providing TA and support for program management, coordination, implementation, and M&E of the national I-ACT Program. The goal of I-ACT is to promote retention to HIV care through early recruitment of newly diagnosed PLHIV into community and facility based care and support programs. I-ACT strives to reduce the high rate of loss to follow-up from the time of HIV diagnosis to successful commencement of ART. NASTAD specifically supports the Free State and Mpumalanga PDOHs in institutionalizing and standardizing the implementation of I-ACT, so that it is planned, implemented, managed, monitored, and evaluated independently by the PDOH.
Following early NASTAD-led program design and implementation to get I-ACT up and running, NASTAD now provides mentorship to the PDOH to adapt and incorporate structure, policies, and standards for I-ACT implementation. Through focused mentorship, coaching, and regular review meetings, NASTAD supports strong and coordinated involvement of provincial and district DOHs, regional training centers, and district health facilities, to build sustainable I-ACT referral networks and linkages. NASTAD currently supports I-ACT implementation in 4 districts, 16 sub-districts, and 73 health care facilities in the Free State and in 3 districts, 12 sub-districts, and 32 health care facilities in Mpumalanga. NASTAD is also working with the PDOHs to strengthen their I-ACT M&E system.
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.
