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: 2008 2009
New Activity Narrative: Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) services have scaled-up in much of the
country. There are many partners supporting this activity, however, it is very clear that the rural populations
have not been adequately reached. The Zambia Voluntary Counseling and Testing (ZVCT) services
coordinate most of the CT services in the country, both non-governmental organizations and government
run centers. Of the 550 sites to date, very few cover the disadvantaged rural populations.
This activity will support mobile VCT services in two of the most underserved rural and remote districts
Namwala in Southern Province and Luangwa District in Lusaka Province. These districts have been
selected in consultation with the Provincial Health Office in the respective provinces.
The mobile and boat VCT will ensure that CT and monitoring services are offered to people either nearer to
their homes or at outposts within their reach. It is hoped that the mobile units will move from village to
village providing services. Bringing services nearer to the people provides an opportunity to those who are
unable to move to distant VCT centers due to lack of transport, long distance, and lack of time due to
competing priorities. This activity will complement the activities by the Provincial Health Office in both
Southern and Lusaka Provinces to scale-up CT with the support of the USG.
Even though the reality of accessing treatment and care services may be distant for these very remote
populations, the emphasis will be on prevention of transmission in those who test positive (positive
prevention) and prevention of acquisition of HIV in those who test negative.
