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 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.
Peace Corps aims to complement efforts of donor agencies and national and international NGO's to support the Government of Lesotho’s Strategic priorities for HIV/AIDS by engaging Basotho Youth, adults and community organizations in activities that promote HIV prevention, care and support, and mitigation of the effects of HIV/AIDS. Our aim is to make a substantive contribution to an HIV/AIDS Free generation.
Peace Corps has 86 Volunteers (both Education and Healthy Youth) in Lesotho. There are Volunteers in each of the ten districts and most are in rural or remote communities. The primary focus is youth, aged 10-24, which also includes working with health care providers, teachers, families, support groups, and NGO’s working to combat HIV/AIDS.
Peace Corps’ underlying approach is intended not only to be effective, but also cost efficient and addressed directly transition to local entities. Central to all Peace Corps Volunteer work is collaborating with Basotho counterparts in order to build capacity and sustainability. Furthermore, Volunteers live and work in a community for two years, working with a school or village organization. This allows for building relationships and training that results in work being able to continue after the Volunteer has left. The intent is to promote ownership of concern the problem, not perpetuating reliance on others. Finally, Peace Corps work does not require a great deal of funding for the projects undertaken.
Local resources are used heavily, and any grant that Volunteers help acquire through Peace Corps mechanisms requires a 25% financial contribution of the community.All Volunteers report three times a year on all their work, including HIV/AIDS prevention and care activities for youth.
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.
