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: 2007 2008
TITLE: VOA HIV/AIDS Vignette Series
Ongoing Activity
Education and information can help remove the social fears that lead to stigmatization. The use of public
dialogue and mass-media can be used widely to strengthen public knowledge, remove shame, and build
awareness. Radio, the most widely accessed form of mass media in Tanzania, is a powerful tool that can
assist in bringing HIV/AIDS into the open and demonstrating that it is a disease that affects all people.
In order to leverage the power of radio in Tanzania, VOA's Swahili service will create a series of vibrant,
Tanzania-specific vignettes which will highlight people who are living with HIV/AIDS, benefitting from
available services and giving back to their community throughout the country. These vignettes will be
directly incorporated into the VOA Swaihili news service package/program and broadcasted once a week -
during the highest listener volume- throughout Tanzania. The vignettes, which will illustrate the changing
face of HIV/AIDS, will focus on personalizing HIV and those that are living with it. They will also shed light
on available services and underscore the efforts of those HIV positive individuals that have beneffited from
services and are now giving back to their communities.
The series will initially air once a week for 12 weeks (three months) after which VOA will carryout an
evaluation to receive feedback on the vignettes. Feedback will then be incorporated for the development of
the second set of vignettes which will air for an additional three months. VOA will be provided with a list of
PEPFAR partners through which beneficiaries of services can be contacted. The program will utilize local
reporters, coordinated through the VOA Swahili Service and will interview beneficiaries directly.
The VOA Swahili Service will be responsible for the production and the distribution of all programming and
will provide PEPFAR with reports on spending and programming quarterly. PEPFAR will provide the VOA
with information regarding partners and beneficiaries as a base for story selection, but The Voice of
America will maintain strict editorial control over all content.
The vignette series will target the general Tanzanian population. VOA's Swahili service reaches about 7
million people, or 37 percent of the population, according to research conducted by InterMedia. VOA
programs are broadcast by shortwave, and by local FM affiliates, including Radio Free Africa, KISS-FM and
Radio Tumaini. The program will also be placed on the Internet at www.voanews.com
Monitoring and Evaluation
VOA will monitor the show's impact through listenership surveys conducted throughout the year as well as
its annual listenership surveys; all of which will be carried out by InterMedia.
