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.
Working toward the Partnership Framework, USAID's goal is to build the capacity of Vietnamese organizations to plan, implement and monitor HIV/AIDS programs. Access to data is crucial for ensuring that program managers and policy makers can maximize the use of existing resources in responding to the epidemic, and can advocate effectively for increased funds needed to meet identified needs. With USAID support, the TBD partners will focus on the development of a culture of data use to enable Vietnam's HIV/AIDS prevention, care and treatment programs to become increasingly evidence-based, cost-effective, efficient and sustainable across donors, implementers and program areas.
The general objectives of technical assistance will be: 1) providing technical assistance to the USAID Mission, the PEPFAR Strategic Information team and PEPFAR implementing partners on best practices for monitoring and evaluation; 2) supporting the development of a culture of data use for policy and programmatic decision making; and 3) technical assistance to the government of Vietnam for the implementation of the National Monitoring and Evaluation Framework, and Decision 28 of the National HIV/AIDS Routine Reporting System.
The intention is to increasingly transition such support to local institutions as a cost-effective and sustainable strategy with external TA being limited to specialized areas when necessary.
By working with a TBD partner that has extensive expertise and experience in implementing M&E activities, PEPFAR Vietnam will continue to provide technical assistance (TA) to the government of Vietnam. TA will support the implementation of the National Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework, the Decision 28 National HIV/AIDS Reporting Indicators, and harmonization activities implemented by the international M&E technical working groups, ranging from community-based programs to national M&E systems. The partner will work closely with the Ministry of Health's Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), the national M&E technical working group (TWG) and international donors.
In addition, the TBD partner will provide technical assistance to the PEPFAR SI Team and PEPFAR partners within the context of the Vietnamese and PEPFAR M&E reporting system. These activities will support PEPFAR's strategic objective of strengthening the national response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic by improving demand and use of strategic information. The specific activities include: 1) technical support to PEPFAR and PEPFAR implementing partners on the implementation of PEPFAR next generation indicators and routine data collection and reporting; 2) technical support to develop a culture of data use for program management among PEPFAR partners and USG technical teams; and 3) technical support to the SI team in developing a PEPFAR data warehouse. Because the quality of data collected is crucial for further analysis and use, the TBD partner will continue to provide technical assistance to PEPFAR implementing partners and the SI team to ensure that the data collected is of the highest quality.
