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 2018 2019
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.
CDC Vietnam support to University of California San Francisco will improve epidemiological and behavioral research and surveillance in Vietnam, and to increase the number of research studies conducted by, or in partnership with, Vietnamese nationals. The populations targeted include university professors, researchers, and leaders in the public and non-government sectors at national and provincial levels, to train-the-trainer so that staff can create new courses.
In COP 14, UCSF will mentor and provide technical support to scholars who previously completed a research methods and responsible conduct of research course as part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)-supported Fogarty Exchange program. UCSF will provide in-country training on advanced biostatistics, including linear and logistic regression, repeated measures and survival analysis. In order to facilitate long term sustainability, UCSF will integrate these training activities within the local institutions.
In order to improve cost-efficiency of capacity building activities, UCSF is currently piloting distance-learning methods to allow more scholars to participate in research and biostatistics training programs.
Program monitoring and evaluation will determine progress of program objectives based upon defined and approved inputs, outputs, and outcomes. CDC will review progress on a quarterly basis.
Pipeline was a critical factor taken into account when setting the COP 14 budget request for this mechanism and related activities. COP 14 funds will be used for the new activities that are taking place in lieu of those previously funded through the NIH-sponsored Fogarty program. Prior year funding will support other activities. This will draw down existing pipeline by the end of FY 15.
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.
