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: 2013 2014
A Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS working as a national umbrella network to improve the well being and quality of life for all PLWHAs and to protect the nation of Botswana will be sought to undertake: facilitating the sharing of information, ideas, experiences and resources between and amongst support groups in Botswana; facilitating the formation of support groups nationwide; promoting and supporting networking and partnership building in HIV/AIDS programs among PLWHA with other organizations locally and internationally; facilitating the coordination of support groups programs on HIV/AIDS in order to reduce duplication, enhance their role and impact; providing leadership and a common forum for concerted advocacy efforts and for appropriate policies, legislation and human rights for PLWHAs; engaging in empowerment and enterprise development activities that will improve the quality of life of PLWHAs; and, strengthening the capacity for participatory monitoring and evaluation of support group community-based interventions.
Support from many donors over the last decade for NGOs working with PLWHA although many have not been able to make direct grants to the networks because of weak management systems and those that have provided funding have done so for projects that covered limited geographic areas, with limited funding. The aim of the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention program (PHDP) will be to build on the technical expertise provided to local NGO/Network(s) by the MOH with CDC funding and build in the management expertise provided by the USAID Maatla project, which will continue to provide management support to the PHDP program.
The Government of Botswana established the Community Home Based Care (CHBC) program, as a way of caring for chronically/terminally ill patients to relieve the burden of large numbers of terminally ill and dying HIV AIDS patients on the hospitals. The civil society joined hands with the government to offer care and support services in the communities.Botswana Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (BONEPWA+) is one of the organisations that were formed to assist the government in caring for and supporting PLWHAs. BONEPWA+ provides Community based Care and Support services to PLHIV and their affected families. These services include assessment of needs, provision of psychosocial, or spiritual support, nutritional/ food support, shelter, material support, protection, access to health care, treatment adherence support health education, screening for opportunistic infections such as TB, preventative care education/vocational training, and economic strengthening and any other services addressing needs of PLHIV and their families. BONEPWA+ also contributes to the creation of PLHIV supportive environment by conducting some advocacy and stigma reduction activities. In COP 12 BONEPWA+ was supported by FHI 360 through the Maatla project to provide Community based care and support services in hard to reach areas which reached several communities. FHI 360 built BONEPWA+ Organizational and technical capacity to a point that BONEPWA+ can effectively offer quality services, hence in COP 13 BONEPWA+ will receive direct funding to provide services directly. These services will no longer be provided only in hard to reach areas but in several other districts.
The NSF II specifically highlights that previous prevention strategies in Botswana have overlooked the prevention aspects of care and support for people living with HIV (PLWHA). The Ministry of Health (MOH) is to support a NGO Network to roll out the Positive Health, Dignity and Prevention (PHDP) programa comprehensive package services that includes: risk reduction, identification of discordant couples and partner disclosure, partner testing, adherence counseling, reproductive health services including STI screening, TB screening, referral for cervical cancer screening for HIV positive women as well as legal and religious referrals. Throughout FY 2012, the MOH will provide technical support and limited funding to a NGO Network to develop the program and establish a Center of Excellence as a model for replication and expansion. At the same time, though the Maatla Civil Society Strengthening Project, FHI 360 will be developing National NGO Networks management capacity which will support and strengthen the administrative capacity of the PHDP and other programs. In early FY 2013, building on the investments made from FHI 360 the MOH and CDC, USAID will provide direct funding to a NGO Network to establish Centers of Excellence and expand the PHDP program to support groups in hard-to-reach areas.
