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: 2010 2011 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.
CDC Vietnam’s goal by funding the Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) is to improve the quality of lab operations in Vietnam. Objectives include improving lab quality management systems, through the Strengthening Laboratory Management Toward Accreditation (SLMTA) program and laboratory information systems (LIS), as well as building capacity of national institutions for lab biosafety and improved microbiology diagnostic testing.
In COP 14, APHL technical assistance (TA) will be provided to national and provincial level HIV, preventive medicine and clinical lab systems. This work supports the Vietnam Partnership Framework goal 2, section 1B and is designed for strengthening the leading laboratory training and reference institutions.
In COP 14, APHL’s TA will build upon the existing SLMTA and LIS program platforms to expand program outcomes, sustainability and cost-efficiency. The SLMTA program is housed within the Ministry of Health (MOH) at the Vietnam Administration for Medical Services and utilizes a pool of over 35 local lab trainers and mentors, including three master trainers. The quality of APHL TA as well as the outputs of SLMTA and LIS activities will be monitored by CDC Vietnam. Both SLMTA and LIS can be utilized as monitoring and evaluation tools during the transition of PEPFAR-supported lab services to GVN financial support by providing data on quality of lab operations for use by lab managers, provincial and national leaders, and PEPFAR staff.
Pipeline was a critical factor taken into account when setting the COP 14 budget request. Currently annual expenditures exceed new funding amounts. An increase in the COP 14 request over COP 13 reflects this higher burn rate and the increased expenditures of the proposed activities.
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.
