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.
Through Measure Evaluation, Macro International is continuing, with FY 2010 funding, to provide technical assistance initiated with FY 2009 funding to strengthen the accurate and timely collection, analysis and use of strategic information within the USG PEPFAR team, as well as by USG implementing partners and the Government of Ukraine (GOU). By the end of FY 2010, it is expected that Macro will have conducted data quality assessments (DQAs) on PEPFAR indicators and addressed issues of data quality with implementing partners; assisted the USG and its implementing partners in aligning Performance Monitoring Plans with PEPFAR New Generation Indicator requirements; and provided technical assistance to USG and implementing partner staff to improve the quality of data collection as well as data analysis, monitoring and reporting. FY 2010 funding will also support targeted technical assistance to the USG team to analyze information for PEPFAR planning and reporting purposes. Using FY 2009 funds, Measure Evaluation will also conduct an institutional and technical assessment of the National HIV/AIDS M&E Center in order to inform planning of USG assistance to this entity during FY 2010.
Macro International's technical assistance directly contributes to the achievement of planned Partnership Framework Goal Number Three, "Strengthen National and Local Leadership, Capacity, Institutions, Systems, Policies and Resources to Support the Achievement of National AIDS Program Objectives" through the strengthening of USG-supported systems for strategic information which promote improved use of data in planning, managing and monitoring programs.
