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 2019 2020
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 Ambassador's HIV/AIDS Relief Fund (AHRF) funds small projects that provide care and support to assist individuals and communities affected by HIV and AIDS, especially orphans and vulnerable children, and people living with HIV and AIDS. As such, the AHRF makes immediate contributions to Goal 1 of the Partnership Framework to improve the quality of life for PLHIV and those affected by HIV and AIDS. The longer term effects of these projects go toward GHI IR 2.4 for improved health support systems and IR 3.3 for strengthened social norms and structural environment for the empowerment of women and girls. To support these goals, small grants ranging from $5,000 to $30,000 can fund the gamut of projects, such as the procurement of materials and goods, infrastructural development, and start-up capital for income generating activities. Project details such as geographic coverage are not available at this time, since review, approval, and selection of projects take place during the COP implementation period. The Grants Coordinator convenes a selection committee once or twice a year made up of members from throughout the USG mission. The committee assesses applications based on their relevance to the overall objectives of the AHRF, in addition to considerations of budget reasonableness and price efficiencies, community contribution and sustainability, applicant references, and project location in regions of Tanzania that are underserved by other USG or other foreign assistance programs. Grantees, all of whom are local organizations, are required to submit regular progress reports to the Grants Coordinator. In addition, the Grants Coordinator, as well as other members of the USG Mission, make site visits to evaluate project implementation and completion.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
