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 in FY08.
The USAID Regional Development Mission-Asia (RDM/A) proposes to organize two workshops for 1)
sharing empirically-based lessons on monitoring & evaluation (M&E) of ART service delivery and 2)
reviewing and standardizing HIV/AIDS service delivery measures and coverage modules for most-at-risk
populations (MARPs) in Southeast Asia. RDM/A manages regional HIV/AIDS programs in close
coordination with bilateral programs in China, Laos, and Vietnam, and is therefore in a unique position to
assemble public health practitioners and program administrators from these and other Southeast Asian
countries with similar HIV epidemics to share knowledge and lessons learned from prevention and care and
treatment program M&E.
The ART M&E workshop will provide lessons learned from on-going cohort studies of patients enrolled in
ART programs for improved program design and measurement in the region. Many countries are rapidly
scaling up ART services and are establishing M&E systems for their programs in Southeast Asia. Vietnam,
Thailand and Cambodia are currently conducting cohort studies to provide empirically-based decisions for
improving program implementation of clinical, counseling, peer and community interventions. They are also
monitoring clinical outcomes, quality of life, adherence, and sexual behavior, among other measures. Other
countries in the region such as China, Indonesia and Laos could benefit greatly from the knowledge transfer
and experience-sharing from findings and best practices for ART service provisions and for monitoring
these services. This workshop will also encourage collaboration among USG partners (e.g., Population
Council, John Hopkins University, Measure Evaluation, Chiang Mai University,Family Health International,
etc.) engaging in ART M&E in the region. The workshop will be held in Bangkok, Thailand where RDM/A is
located, and a report of the proceedings with findings and best practices will be produced following the
meeting.
The MARP coverage workshop is an opportunity for countries in the Southeast Asia region to share lessons
learned in measuring HIV/AIDS program service delivery among MARPs. Monitoring prevention service
coverage is essential for program planning and implementation. The USG-supported UNAIDS publication "A
Framework for Monitoring and Evaluating HIV Prevention Programmes for Most at Risk Populations"
provides recommendations and technical considerations for UNGASS and PEPFAR indicators for countries
with concentrated epidemics. Critically needed is technical development on how to best measure MARP-
related indicators, with an emphasis on distinguishing "any coverage" from "quality coverage" with respect
to the intensity and frequency of interventions. Data from surveillance and surveys of injecting drug users,
commercial sex workers and their clients, and men who have sex with men are often not comparable from
one data source to another or between countries. It is therefore timely to review and strive towards
harmonizing approaches that obtain accurate and quality program coverage information. The proposed
workshop will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, and organized in collaboration with UNAIDS Asia Pacific
Monitoring and Evaluation Reference Group, which reviews and strives toward standardizing tools and best
practices for measuring exposure and coverage to interventions. A report of the proceedings with findings
and best practices will be produced following the meeting.
