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
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 Hanoi School of Public Health (HSPH) currently has bachelors, masters, and doctorate level degree programs in public health and provides in-service training opportunities to health professionals nationally. COP 14 and COP 15 funds will be used to develop HSPH’s capacity to train a quality public health workforce. Goals are to: 1) Build institutional and faculty capacity in a variety of academic public health subject areas, 2) Provide technical assistance (TA) to the Ministry of Health (MOH) via the national HIV program, 3) Train in-service and pre-service health care workers in targeted subject areas to improve overall competencies.
Due to the maturity of the CDC-HSPH program, collaboration and lowering costs are priorities. To lower costs, HSPH will standardize curricula at the MOH, university, and pre-service institutions; convert trainings into distance learning continuing medical education; and request that provinces provide training venues and costs for participants at their own expense. Collaboration between the MOH, including Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control (VAAC), and HSPH is critical to ensure that PEPFAR VN investments prove sustainable.
Several of the program areas within the cooperative agreement have established monitoring and evaluation plans that include output and outcome measurements. CDC and HSPH will review program data via quarterly monitoring meetings.
Pipeline was a critical factor taken into account when setting the COP 14 budget request. Current pipeline will be used to fund a three-month, no-cost extension as part of the CDC cooperative agreement realignment. This should reduce the current, nominal pipeline amount to zero. A reduced funding request for COP 14 reflects a reduction in activities for this period.
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.
