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: 2011 2012 2013 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.
The objective of this mechanism, through Population Services International (PSI), is to transition the demand creation for STI diagnostics, and STI kitting activities, to FMOH and PFSA. The focus is on the Demand Creation and Promotion (DCP) for quality STI service activities aimed at reducing risk of HIV transmission among the priority population of those having STIs. The intervention includes intense service-promotion and demand-creation activities for STI/HIV services by branding pre-packaged sexually transmitted infections treatment (PPST) kits as Ulcure, Addis-cure and Addis-cure Plus, which are treatment for STIs. The kits are developed by the MOH leadership. The program targets people with STI symptoms and their partners, CSWs, sexually active youth and other MARPs, and is being implemented in all major towns of Ethiopia with the highest prevalence of HIV. The DCP program key objectives include:
1) Increase the correct and consistent adoption of HIV/STI risk reducing behaviors 2) Increase the number of people motivated to access STI services., 3) Increase the capacity of local government and NGOs to implement effective STI services, 4) Strengthen referral for intensive behavior change intervention and HTC services
The geographic focus is on national “hot spots” along transport corridors. The social marketing program promotes and disseminates pre-packaged treatment kits for STIs through local pharmacies, FGAE clinics, CSW clinics and public health hospitals. This is a core PEPFAR activity. The program falls under the combination prevention framework of the USG HIV prevention portfolio and is aligned with the goals of the GOE and USG HIV/AIDS Partnership Framework and Global Health Initiative. PSI has a system in place to monitor and report on program performance.
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.
This mechanism has no published performance targets or indicators.
