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.
The major gap in the M&E system of PEPFAR provinces is the lack of capacity and/or not being technical supported to analyze and use data from various sources. In addition, technically analyzing and systematically presenting current data such as epidemic data, coverage data, and financial data at provincial level for HIV/AIDS programming and planning still remain as weak point of M&E system at all provinces.
The fund will be used to provide technical assistance and capacity building support 6 PEPFAR provinces to:
? Strengthen the capacity of decision makers to identify data needs for solving problems and to interpret and use data appropriately for public health decisions;
? To build and enhance the capacity of provincial officers to provide valid, essential, and timely data to decision makers clearly and effectively; and
? Strengthen M&E systems to facilitate the collection, analysis, reporting, presentation, and use of data at local, district, regional, and national levels.
The target beneficiaries will not focus only on Provincial AIDS Centers leaders and officers but broader to other sectors that contribute to the HIV/AIDS program including Provincial Department of Health (DoH), Provincial Department of Finance (DoF), Provincial Department of Planning & Investment (DoPI).
