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 is a NEW activity which is a follow-on to the Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan
Progress (MEEPP) Project. MEEPP was launched in January 2005 and comes to an end in December
2009. The PEPFAR program in Uganda still needs monitoring and evaluation services as envisaged in the
MEEPP Project objectives.
The purpose of the MEEPP Project was to design, implement and maintain a comprehensive PEPFAR
performance management, monitoring and reporting system. Specifically, the MEEPP Project was to
support the USG PEPFAR team and its implementing partners, using performance improvement processes
and targeted technical assistance, to report high quality data in a timely and efficient manner in accordance
with OGAC's strategic information requirements. The project was also required to establish strong linkages
with host country institutions that are involved in the monitoring of HIV/AIDS activities in the context of the
national response.
This new activity is being designed with the same objectives as those of the MEEPP project but will be
competed so that a new implementing partner can be determined. An evaluation of the original MEEPP
program will be conducted and the lessons learned will influence the design of this new activity. The new
activity will therefore aim to pursue the same objectives as those of MEEPP but with modifications to reflect
what has already been achieved as well as addressing any new areas or approaches. The new activity will
therefore, at a minimum, assist the PEPFAR team, which includes CDC, DOD, NIH, Peace Corps, and
USAID under the leadership of the US Embassy, to maintain a comprehensive performance management,
monitoring and reporting program, including collection, reporting and validation of data from HIV/AIDS
activities and partners that are funded under PEPFAR. It will also coordinate with, and complement the
M&E activities of PEPFAR's implementing partners, facilitating harmonization and aggregation of data,
coordination with the Government of Uganda (GOU), and avoiding duplication of effort, using proven,
portfolio management approaches. By providing PEPFAR and its partners with a unified picture of USG-
funded HIV/AIDS activities, the new activity will help PEPFAR to maximize the impact of the USG resources
in achieving PEPFAR goals and targets. In this new activity the advances made by the MEEPP Project will
be built on in order to identify and implement the appropriate capacity building approach which will
contribute to strengthening the knowledge and systems for a sound, sustainable national HIV/AIDS M&E
system.
Over the period of implementation the MEEPP Project has accumulated knowledge and insights that were
useful in the development and improvement of data quality assessment tools that in turn contributed to
better target setting and annual results reported to OGAC. MEEPP has established strong working
relationships with GOU and other stakeholders as is evident in the joint field data quality assessment
missions. Some of the important achievements include development and maintenance of user-friendly web-
based program performance database that stores and manages data by PEPFAR indicators, geographical
location, prime partner, USG Agency, and reporting periods among other attributes. The MEEPP Project
also conducted several data quality assessments that resulted in progressively more precise data on
partner performances where data overlaps (double counting etc) have been substantially minimized. Other
accomplishments include development of tools and reports that have facilitated clarity of data presentations.
In the process of improving the estimation of direct and indirect contributions of USG the MEEPP Project
worked with GOU to conduct joint data quality assessments that included the estimation of the national ART
coverage from which the USG indirect contribution is derived. Given these accomplishments, it was
recommended at the Mission Portfolio Review and by the PEPFAR Country Team that a MEEPP follow-on
project be designed in order to continue the useful work as well as venture into new strategic areas.
This new activity is designed to support all other program areas in enhancing program performance
management including measurement, monitoring, reporting, and evaluation. It is also intended to build
capacity and strengthen the national M&E systems. The main objectives of the new activity include, but are
not limited to, the following; 1) Assess reporting readiness of EPT and related Implementing Partners
against OGAC reporting requirements, 2) Building on the monitoring methodology and evaluation
developments already accomplished, the activity will: i. Validate baselines and targets for each year of
activity, ii. Ensure use of common definitions and standards, iii. Collate and review data submitted by IPs in
order to analyze EPT trends and compare against targets, iv. Provide aggregated data to EPT in a format
usable for formal reporting to OGAC and the GOU, 3) Maintain a system for documenting processes and
impact to document how results and impact are achieved, which factors contribute to or hinder achievement
of results, and suggest ways to expand use of effective practices and improve PEPFAR performance, 4)
Advise the PEPFAR SI working group on defining the evaluation agenda and recommend methods to
ensure use of evaluation results for program improvement, identify lessons learned, and disseminate
evaluation results effectively, 5) Strengthen the M&E capacity of the PEPFAR Country Team, IPs, and host
country counterparts; and contribute to performance improvement and sustainable systems.
The activities of the new project will strike a balance between the immediate SI needs for PEPFAR and the
longer-term development needs for the national M&E system. The key activities can be summarized broadly
as follows; (i) Support the semi-annual and annual data collation, cleaning, and report submission to the
OGAC (ii) Populate and maintain various databases for purposes of facilitating data analysis and use
(including reporting) by the USG PEPFAR Team in Uganda, host government and other users, (iii) Working
with the SI team and host government to conduct data quality assessment and improvement surveys
(DQAIS), (iv) Mentor GOU staff to conceptualize, design, implement, monitor and evaluate their M&E
activities, (v) Assist the GOU to develop/improve and institutionalize M&E Systems (information systems,
databases, reports etc) in the context of the national Health Strategic Plan and multi-donor contribution to
the HIV/AIDS response- the "three ones", and (vi) Coordinate the carrying out of special studies/evaluations
(s) of PEPFAR.
New/Continuing Activity: New Activity
Continuing Activity:
Emphasis Areas
Human Capacity Development
Estimated amount of funding that is planned for Human Capacity Development
Public Health Evaluation
Food and Nutrition: Policy, Tools, and Service Delivery
Food and Nutrition: Commodities
Economic Strengthening
Education
Water
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