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: 2008 2009
This is a new activity that falls into the category of Strategic Information, but it also relates to activities in
Policy and Guidelines; Information, Education and Communication; Logistics; and Training. This narrative
will cover only the preparatory phase of the 2008 HIV/AIDS Indicator Survey that will be undertaken by
Macro International Inc. (Macro Int.), the organization that has been providing technical assistance to the
USG in the implementation of the four Uganda Demographic and Health Survey (UDHS). The 2004-05
Uganda HIV/AIDS Sero-Behavioral Survey (UHSBS). The 2007 Service Provision Assessment and the
ongoing verbal autopsy for the childhood deaths as a follow up of the 2006 UDHS.
The 2008 AIDS Indicator Survey (AIS) will provide an update of the prevalence of HIV infection from a
nationally representative population survey which can be used to calibrate the data derived from the Ante-
natal Care sentinel surveillance surveys. Moreover, it will update data on knowledge, attitudes and
behaviors related to HIV/AIDS, including prevalence of higher-risk sex and number of sexual partners, as
well as condom use and abstinence. Data on the extent of voluntary HIV testing will also be collected. In
addition to HIV testing, the survey may include tests for other sexually transmitted diseases; however, the
exact design of the survey will be decided on during initial discussions concerning data needs. The data
from the survey will address the monitoring and evaluation needs of HIV/AIDS programs, especially those
funded by the USG and will provide policymakers involved in these programs with information to effectively
plan future interventions. The 2008 AIS will be a follow-up to the 2004-05 UHSBS, as well as to the series of
Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys, most notably the 2006 UDHS. As such, the findings will provide
information about trends in many HIV/AIDS and health indicators over time.
The 2008 AIS will be implemented by USAID Macro Int., under the leadership of the MOH and in
partnership with CDC/Uganda and other development partners. For programming purposes, the 2008 AIS
will be implemented in two phases. The first phase that will be implemented by Macro Int. will cover the
preparatory phase. The second implementation phase will be executed by the Measure DHS follow-on
mechanism that is yet TBD. In order to ensure that first phase meets USG and other development partners'
needs and does not overlap with other planned activities, a steering committee will be set up by the Ministry
of Health, with all major stakeholders represented.
Children < 5 years, women age 15-49 years, and men age 15-54 years will be the focus of the survey. The
main indicators produced from the survey include: HIV infection rate; level of orphanhood; knowledge of
HIV/AIDS and its transmission; rejection of misconceptions about HIV/AIDS; level of stigma towards PHA;
extent of higher-risk sex; condom use at last higher-risk sex; age at first sex; and number of sexual partners
in the previous 12 months. The survey will produce data at the national level, for urban and rural areas, and
probably also for 9 regions (groups of districts). An as yet undetermined laboratory in Uganda will
implement the HIV testing and any other tests that might be included. As has been the case with all surveys
implemented in Uganda under Macro's DHS program, technical assistance contains a strong capacity-
building element, both in the form of on-the-job training and more explicit training courses. The capacity
build by Macro Int. during the previous DHS programs to several data processing programmers at the
Uganda Bureau of Statistics will be used to implement this survey.
Preparatory activities will include survey design, budgeting, HIV testing protocol preparation, sample design
and selection, and questionnaire design. Macro proposes to make 2-3 technical assistance visits to Uganda
to complete the preparatory activities. Deliverables by September 30 2008 will include a survey design
document, an HIV testing protocol, a survey budget—including local, technical assistance, and medical
supply costs—a sample design document, draft questionnaires, and trip reports.