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.
The purpose of the NGO Strategic Information project is 1) to fill gaps in strategic information through surveillance surveys, qualitative and quantitative assessments, and other focused data collection activities and 2) to provide technical assistance to the National M&E Unit of the Ministry of Health to progressively transfer capacity to direct, analyze and use these types of data collection activities. Existing priority needs for additional information identified in the development of the Partnership Framework by experts from USG, GF, GOU, and other partners include data on multiple aspects of the expanding medication-assisted-therapy (MAT) program, surveillance data on young IDUs and on bridge groups, and data on aspects of expanding the use of rapid testing in HIV surveillance and outreach. The newly established National M&E Center currently lacks capacity to develop and direct these types of activities.
The Implementing Mechanism will conduct an assessment of M&E Center's capacity in the different components of an effective HIV M&E system, help develop a costed strategic plan for M&E, strengthen administrative capacity, help in the compilation and analysis of programmatic data, and etc work closely with the National M&E Center to enhance their capacity for directing M&E activities, including the MARP surveillance and other data collection activities currently directed by Global Fund NGO partners.
The Implementing Mechanism will work closely with Global Fund implementing partners, who are conducting MARP surveillance and some MAT M&E, and with other partners to coordinate data collection activities.
Through these activities, the NGO SI project would contribute to the achievement of all three of the goals of Ukraine's forthcoming Partnership Framework goals: directly to goals 2 (improved quality and cost effectiveness of HIV prevention, care, and treatment services for MARPs) and 3 (strengthened national and local ability to achieve Ukraine's National AIDS Program objectives); and indirectly to goal 1 of (reduction of HIV transmission among most-at-risk populations (MARPs)). The activities would be coordinated with other partners including Global Fund and WHO.
