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.
This activity is specifically linked with #8687, #9390, #8691, #8682, #7774, #7810, #9060, #9063, #9061, #7727, and #7852 in AB.
The Tanzanian Ministry of Education and Culture (MOEC) has a total of 14,700 primary schools with almost 8 million pupils between the ages of 10 and 19. Of all the primary schools, approximately 1,000 implement the Life Planning Skills (LPS) program, a comprehensive HIVAIDS prevention curriculum focusing on behavioral change for students. The curriculum supports the MOEC HIV/AIDS Strategic Plan for 2003-2007 and the MOEC guidelines on implementation of HIV/AIDS interventions in schools. These documents reflect the MOEC's ongoing response and commitment to combat HIV/AIDS.
Risk among youth in Tanzania is difficult to assess, but available data indicates that youth behaviors place them at increased risk for HIV infection. The Tanzania HIV/AIDS (THIS) indicator survey found that the sexual debut of 50% of adolescents was at age15 or less, while 33% of women and almost 40% of men in the same age group had sex with multiple partners. Girls are more vulnerable than boys because they engage in early sexual activities and may be forced to sleep with older men in exchange for money or gifts, making them seven times more likely to contract HIV than boys of the same age. Inadequate and inaccurate information on sexual and reproductive health among pupils and teachers increases this vulnerability. Evidence of unsafe sex in the project's target regions (Ruvuma and Mtwara) is indicated by the high rates of pregnancies and abortions in schools.
MOEC's mission is to provide LPS education to empower learners, teachers and MOEC employees to address HIV/AIDS issues in primary schools. The institution's focus on prevention, care and support, and impact mitigation takes into account prevailing gender relations and levels of vulnerability. In the past 10 years, MOEC has collaborated with UNFPA, UNICEF, GTZ, TANESA and "MEMA KWA VIJANA" to support both primary and secondary HIV/AIDS education in selected schools and districts.
Through USG support in FY06, MOEC conducted more than 5 consultative meetings with key officials to discuss program implementation and work plans. During the meetings the group selected 32 schools in Mtwara and Ruvuma regions and developed modalities to partner with the Tanzania Institute of Education (TIE) to manage the LPS education program. The LPS education program is being conducted as a phased implementation program focusing on comprehensive behavioral change.
FY 2007 activities are as follows:
Activity 1: MOEC will implement LPS education in four new primary schools in each region of intervention, making a total coverage of 40 schools in both regions. Implementation will be facilitated through a multi-sector approach involving different educational stakeholders for program sustainability. Forty (40) new teachers will be oriented through this multi-sectoral approach. MOEC will sustain the program through training of trainers (TOTs) teams implementing LPS in schools. Prior to implementation in the schools, the existing LPS curriculum for primary schools (developed in 2002) will be reviewed and adapted to add components of AB messaging to assure that comprehensive AIDS education is appropriately communicated to appropriate age groups. The curriculum will be adult controlled to avoid diverse teaching methods and misinformation to the targeted population in school, and it will encourage the use of peer educators.
Activity 2: Schools will establish peer-led health clubs for students to promote behavior change and to address issues such as transgenerational sex and gender roles. Additional topics and issues for the health clubs will be identified based on findings from the rapid assessment. Working with the Tanzania Youth Aware Trust Fund (TAYOA), the health clubs will organize 10 AB drama debates and 15 inter-school essay compositions for the promotion of AB. The best essays will be then be used as the basis of BCC materials in a variety of formats such as role model stories, testimonies, and illustrative pictures tailored for different age groups.
Activity 3: MOEC will establish linkages and collaboration with faith based organizations (FBOs) programming in AB, these include Balm In Gilead, National Muslim Council of Tanzani (BAKWATA), Christian Council of Tanzania (CCT) & Tanzania Episcopal
Conference (TEC) to create new forums for addressing adolescent risk factors using existing AB messages. MOEC will also work to strengthen linkages with other USG-supported in and out of school youth interventions in the regions. Parent-child, teacher-parent and student-teacher interactive communication networks will be encouraged to reach the target 500,000 youths by 2008.
Activity 4: MOEC will collaborate with Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) to facilitate operational linkages between schools and nearby health facilities. These linkages are needed to address health and medical needs of youths, while monitoring the health and nutritional status of pupils and teachers, especially those living with HIV and AIDS.
Activity 5: Advocacy and sensitization campaigns will be conducted to foster a common understanding of the needs of youth and propose approaches to promote LPS education in schools. It is anticipated that participating partners would include the AIDS Steering Committees (ASC), Technical AIDS Committee (TAC), CMACs, District Education Authorities, school boards/committees and Local Government Authorities (LGAs). Involving these various partners is also expected to enhance sustainability.
Activity 6: MOEC will conduct monitoring and evaluation project working with teachers to collect data and information on students' behavioral change. Existing tools developed by the Ministry will be used to assess inter-school performance. TIE, the school inspectorate and CDC will conduct regular field monitoring visits to schools and evaluate project impact.
