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: 2012 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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.
USAID provides support to Uganda’s Presidential Initiative on AIDS Strategy for Communication to Youth (PIASCY) as the primary HIV/AIDS prevention strategy led by the Ministry of Education and Sports (MOES). PIASCY is MOES’ mechanism for reaching out to young people in primary and post-primary schools with age-appropriate messages to empower them with knowledge and skills to influence positive behavior change and, as a result, help them stay safe from HIV/AIDS. The School Health and Reading Program (SHRP) builds upon the UNITY Program, which worked with MOES to provide HIV/AIDS-related instructional materials and teacher training to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country. Support to PIASCY will continue under this new program, which focuses on 2 primary objectives: (1) Creating sustainable systems for HIV/AIDS prevention through the education sector; and (2) Deepening the impact of HIV/AIDS and health education through improved coordination between partners working in target districts. This program will support strategic objectives laid out in Uganda’s education sector HIV/AIDS prevention strategy including: (1) to increase the proportion of individuals with comprehensive knowledge and skills for preventing HIV infection; (2) to increase the number of individuals who access or are referred for appropriate prevention, care, treatment and social support services; and (3) to strengthen the capacity of MOES’ institutions to plan, implement, coordinate, monitor and evaluate their HIV prevention programs. This program contributes to Global Health Initiative (GHI) principle 2: “Encourage country ownership and invest in country-led plans”. A Performance Management Plan (PMP) will be developed to track progress towards the achievement of the project objective.
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.
