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: 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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.
TDRC will continue to generate strategic information by initiating and sustaining ongoing HIV surveillance activities. TDRC will conduct antenatal clinic sentinel surveillance for HIV/syphilis (ANCSS) in 2014 and 2016 in northern zone of Zambia; assess the utility of prevention-of-mother-to-child (PMTCT) program data for HIV surveillance; estimate HIV incidence from ANCSS and 2013 demographic and health survey; renovate laboratories for analysis of HIVDR and neglected tropical diseases (NTD); conduct surveillance of HIVDR strains; and engage key stakeholders in identifying gaps in HIV epidemiological data. TDRC will set-up schistosomiasis and trypanosomiasis surveillance, and a coordinating centre for NTD reporting.
TDRC will continue strengthening the information, communication technology (ICT) infrastructure; maintaining local area network (LAN) servers and equipment; improve the basic internet access in ANCSS and TB diagnostic sites; provide training to scientific staff in data collection, management, analysis and report writing, and promulgation of information. TDRC will develop monitoring and evaluation indicators for assessing program performance. TDRC will strengthen data processing infrastructure, and support renewal of statistical software.
TDRC will continue providing TB external quality assurance (EQA) oversight to laboratories in Luapula, Copperbelt and Northwestern Provinces; proficiency testing and training of TB laboratorians; and enhance HIV/TB laboratory screening for TB among people living with HIV for early case detection and treatment. TDRC will also continue to strengthen laboratory surveillance of multiple drug resistant TB (MDR-TB) and extreme drug resistant TB (XDR-TB). TDRC will continue working towards accreditation of laboratories.
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.
