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 2016 2017 2018 2019
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.
UNICEF is an international organization that has been working with the MOHSW to scale up the “mother-to-mother support group” model for HIV+ pregnant women. The model uses the Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNCH) services platform to increase enrollment, adherence and retention. In previous COPs the focus was in the high burden regions of Njombe, Iringa, Ruvuma, and Dar es Salaam. Under 2014-15 COPs, UNICEF will focus on national technical assistance, shifting from service delivery to provision of strategic direction and technical guidance and support in the following areas: PMTCT, EID, pediatric HIV care and treatment, and reduction of and response to violence against children.
In line with the GHI and PEPFAR Blueprint, UNICEF will focus on development, review, and adaptation of national HIV policies and guidelines. UNICEF will provide technical guidance to MOHSW and its Pediatric Care and Treatment and PMTCT programs to develop and ensure implementation of program-specific regional strategic plans. Additionally, UNICEF will coordinate with other organizations to provide TA on improving the national M&E system.
Recognizing that coordination and skill sharing among HCWs and experts in pediatric HIV and PMTCT is critical to achieve eMTCT goals, UNICEF will collaborate with MOHSW to facilitate PMTCT and pediatric HIV stakeholders’ meetings and to disseminate program updates and best practices. This IM will monitor proposed activities through quarterly reviews, coordination of stakeholder meetings, and review of progress with UNICEF.
UNICEF’s FY 2013 EA DSP UEs were reviewed and found comparable to similar partners; expenditures reported were in line with programmatic priorities and approved budgets.
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.
