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
The goal of the AIDSTAR-One task order is to provide ongoing support to the Zambia USG Mission for the Zambia Partner Reporting System (ZPRS). Social and Scientific Systems (SSS) a subcontractor under AIDSTAR-One has been providing systems support for ZPRS for over 6 years, which is a web-based system (including excel spreadsheets and access consolidation system ACS file) used by Zambia partners to report PEPFAR program results and other related data. Under this task order, SSS will provide two types of SI system support: (1) ongoing support for the PEPFAR-related data collection and reporting for the FY2011 and FY2012 SAPR and APR efforts and (2) system development support for upgrading the current ZPRS to a more modern infrastructure that provides enhanced system capabilities and connectivity.
With Funding in FY2012, the contractor will re-design and upgrade the Zambia Partner Reporting system to a more robust system. To facilitate transition to in country system management, the system will be developed on the District Health Information Software 2 (DHIS2) software and build custom modules to bridge where DHIS2 functionality ends and ZPRS requirements begin. Functionalities to track partners activities, de-duplication, and templates for exporting and importing data from Excel files will be added.
To support USG Zambia quest for effective program management, the system will be designed to include the currently tested and implemented expenditure tracking tool.
The contractor will also conduct training for in country USG staff who will continue to manage and upgrade the system.
The activities planned under this program area are to support USG Zambia to improve the availability and quality of data and meet its reporting requirements. The Zambia partner reporting system has been in operation since 2005 and continues to be used by implementing partners to report their achievements while assisting USG team to access the data.
With this funding, the following additional ZPRS functionalities will be included in the updated version of the system:
Role-based access dashboard, with different associated security levels
Step-wise interface
Web form data entry along with the templates data upload capabilities
Tiered geo-mapping capabilities
De-duplication tools
Enhanced charts, graphs, and reports.
The updated ZPRS will be based on DHIS2, which the Ministry of Health in Zambia is also using for HMIS. The contractor will ensure that the system is designed to inter-operate with GRZ HMIS in future. This will be in line with the plans to strengthen and use national reporting systems.
