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: 2011 2012 2013 2014
The goal of this activity will be to work with the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), the Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) and other stakeholders to integrate food and nutrition care and support into HIV services. The FANTA III project will not implement any direct services, but it will provide technical expertise to the NIN and VAAC on developing guidelines, SOPs, and training plans and materials so that NIN and VAAC can implement sustainable nutrition interventions for people living with HIV. Geographic coverage will be at the national level. In COP 12, project activities will build on previous nutrition-support efforts. The project will continue to work with the government of Vietnam (GVN) and PEPFAR-implementing partners to integrate food and nutrition care and support into HIV services to support care and treatment (C&T) objectives. Targeted capacity-building assistance will be provided to GVN to enhance nutrition assessment, counseling and support (NACS) skills among HIV-service providers. In COP 12, program activities will be gradually transitioned to nutrition and social protection programs within GVN to ensure program sustainability. All activities will have strong M&E components for QI. No vehicle will be purchased for this project.
The FANTA III project will work closely with the government of Vietnam (GVN) to help strengthen the nutrition system to provide nutrition assessment, counseling, and support (NACS) services for PLHIV. In COP 12, the project will continue to strengthen the capacity of the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), Vietnam Administration of HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC) and PEPFAR-implementing partners to provide quality nutrition services at facility and community levels. FANTA III also will work with GVN to integrate nutrition indicators into the national M&E system and incorporate data collection processes into existing information systems. As key nutrition activities are transitioned to GVN ownership, which began in COP 11, a focus of COP 12 activities will be to develop strong QA systems to ensure the effectiveness of NACS services. FANTA III will collaborate with NIN and VAAC to incorporate nutrition into the Ministry of Healths (MOHs) existing QI systems, and to introduce QI approaches in a pilot at selected NACS sites. The QI principles to improve healthcare delivery include 1) focusing on the client; 2) making changes to improve healthcare delivery systems; 3) using change to improve processes and systems; and 4) setting up teams of healthcare providers to test and implement the changes. The collaborative QI methodology will help teams from different clinics, hospitals and other levels to work together to improve particular aspects of a healthcare system. FANTA III will provide technical assistance (TA) to NIN and VAAC to introduce the QI methodology, and to conduct regular supportive supervision and mentoring visits to NAC sites in the 9 PEPFAR-priority provinces. Specific activities include: 1) establishment of an administrative/technical unit within NIN and/or VAAC with responsibility for establishing QI policy to monitor implementation of the National Nutrition and HIV Guidelines; 2) refresher training in each of the 9 PEPFAR-priority provinces; 3) supportive supervisory/mentoring visits to each of the 9 provincial hospitals and a select number of ART sites at the district level; and 4) development/adaption of QI tools and job aids.
