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 South Africa PEPFAR (PCSA-PF) program is a hybrid program consisting of two-year PEPFAR funded Volunteers and Response Volunteers who support the scaling-up and the strengthening of the 2-year programs, Health and Education placed at different organizations in hard to reach rural KwaZulu Natal, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. PCSA places up to 3 generations of volunteers in communities over six years to build the capacity and skills of local community based volunteers and operate 3 major HIV/AIDS components; prevention, health/well-being and the structural drivers of the epidemic with high focus on “know your epidemic/know your response” strategy as well as the new training development for all PCVs. PCSA-PF funds technical and HIV trainings to Volunteers and their Community Counterparts in order to implement community driven HIV/AIDS activities through Volunteer Activity Support and Training (VAST) funding. Volunteers use PEPFAR aligned data collection tools from PC project framework revised at the end of FY13. These tools measure HIV output and outcome indicators that volunteers report their activities quarterly. PCSA’s short-term outcome successes are proof that extensive mobilization of community resources and offering education for HIV/AIDS prevention & early intervention, are innovations that fit our pull of PCVs. PCSA also aims to support PEPFAR transition by placing volunteers in those organizations PEPFAR South Africa is transitioning from. PCSA contributes to PFIP through Orphans and Vulnerable Children intervention projects, HIV/AIDS combination prevention initiatives and, Care and Support projects within its geographic focus.
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.
