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: 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
NOTE: The following is taken from summaries released by PEPFAR on the PEPFAR Data Dashboard. They are incomplete summary paragraphs only and do not contain the full mechanism details. When the full narratives are released, we will update the mechanism pages accordingly.
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides technical assistance (TA) related to HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB) in Vietnam. CDC provides financial support for priority areas. Goals are:
1) Assist the national HIV program, led by the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), to identify and implement enhancements to improve the effectiveness of national programs for identifying and treating PLHIV, with an emphasis on key populations (KPs).
2) Improve the quality and safety of tuberculosis (TB) diagnostic testing labs in Vietnam, by strengthening the relationship between the Vietnam National TB Program (NTP), the National TB Reference Laboratory (NRL), and the WHO designated TB Supranational Reference Laboratory (SRL) in Adelaide, Australia.
These goals align with Vietnam Partnership Framework objectives.
Activities will strengthen capacity within the HIV and TB systems at the national and provincial levels, as well as staff of other institutions. This partner contributes to PEPFAR VN’s efforts to transition to GVN ownership.
Monitoring and evaluation of CDC-supported activities within this mechanism will include meetings between CDC and WHO. Monitoring of the HTXS component will consist of refresher trainings, team meetings, site visits, and review of data. CDC will provide oversight of the HVTB component through technical meetings following SRL site assessments. CDC staff will also accompany SRL on a limited number of assessments.
Pipeline was a critical factor taken into account when setting the COP 14 budget request. Current annual spending is approximately 38 percent less than the COP 13 award. The COP 14 award has been reduced to the current annual spending level. It is anticipated that increased activity will use up the existing pipeline.
Since COP2014, PEPFAR no longer produces narratives for every mechanism it funds. However, PEPFAR has now included performance targets or indicator information for each mechanism based on the Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting (MER) system. The MER guidance is available on PEPFAR's website https://www.pepfar.gov/reports/guidance/. Note that COP years 2014-2015 were under a previous version of the MER system and the indicators and definitions may have changed as of the new 2.0 guidance.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
