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
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.
PC/Zambia primarily contributes to PF goal 1 to reduce new incidence of HIV infection by encouraging adolescents and sexually active adults in rural areas in Central, Eastern, Luapula, Muchinga, Northern, North-Western and Southern Provinces to adopt healthy behaviors and practices. In line with the GHI strategy and in conjunction with the Saving Mother Giving Live endeavor, PC Zambia will contribute towards reduced HIV transmission and improved integration of Maternal and Child Health services. PC/Zambia will contribute to PF goal 2 to accelerate access to treatment and care by focusing on adherence support for PLWH, improved nutrition and prevention of OIs.
Peace Corps places up to 3 generations of volunteers in communities over six years to build the capacity and skills of local community based volunteers. This builds sustainability as the government of Zambia increasingly takes over the supervision and training of these volunteers through its growing community health assistant program. Zambia has however been designated a long term support country within the PEPFAR program.
Volunteers use PEPFAR aligned data collection tools that post is currently developing to measure HIV output and outcome indicators from the Peace Corps Health Project framework and report on activities on a quarterly basis using the volunteer report tool. Evaluation is primarily through done by program area through interagency portfolio review. Operational research is currently done informally through process evaluations which are done through field visits then lessons learned and best practices are shared. PC is already a low cost organization however through combining trainings and reducing travel holding more training outside of the capitol cost efficiencies are being made.
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.
