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
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.
MARCH Zambia’s Behavioral Change Communications interventions will seek to continue promoting Parent-Child Communication, delayed sexual debut, reduced MCPs, correct and consistent condom use as well as improve the uptake of effective biomedical prevention services including couples HIV testing and counseling (HTC), PMTCT, VMMC and ART. Using the MARCH Strategy, MARCH Zambia will continue the Gama Cuulu and Fala Mwa Lilangu radio dramas which are well-known and liked in Southern and Western Provinces, respectively. Program monitoring data indicates that it has been successful in stimulating changes in knowledge and attitudes and facilitating behavior change relating to HIV/AIDS prevention and service uptake. Furthermore, a combination of interpersonal reinforcement activities will, in small groups, target men, women and youths, CSWs, PLWH and their partners. These will create step-by-step resources for action and maintenance of desired behaviors. The Families Matter! Program (FMP) will continue to target parents and guardians of pre-adolescents in building skills for effective parent-child communication as well as provide a platform for other HIV prevention and reproductive health matters. MARCH Zambia has established collaborative relationships with the MoH, NZP+, CoH, SFH, MCDMCH, Local Leaders and Zambia Police as primary referral and linkage centers for behavioral and bio-medical services. In order to improve the M&E system that tracks program outcomes other than just outputs, MARCH Zambia will use a participatory monitoring approach which will involve the community and other stakeholders. Outcome monitoring will be conducted every two months and a midterm evaluation will be conducted in FY 2015 to measure the program outcomes.
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.
