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: 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.
In Post-election Zimbabwe, the U.S. Mission is focused on positive messaging of U.S. partnerships and continuous relationships that benefit the people of Zimbabwe. Health diplomacy is an effective – perhaps THE most effective – manner in which the U.S. can put forward a positive image in Zimbabwe while saving lives. We aim to highlight USG efforts and partnerships through:
a) Increased Visibility: Through production of PEPFAR-branded materials distributed in locations frequented by at-risk populations and attended by the general public (festivals, trade fairs, e.g.); public information sessions/dialogues with journalists, health experts as well as direct beneficiaries of PEPFAR suppor; social and new media platforms including regular updates of the newly-created PEPFAR tab on the Embassy website; support for partners about PEPFAR branding.
b) Participation in National Events: To facilitate USG presence and PEPFAR brand promotion/recognition at national global health days, e.g. World AIDS Day, including on preparation committee meetings.
c) Strengthening Information Sharing/Communications Capacity: Through working with health beat reporters and a newly formed Association of Health Journalists to penetrate the media; strengthening the Ministry of Health and Child Care’s Department of Communications and its strategic planning/outputs that highlight the partnerships and accomplishments in the health field in Zimbabwe; increasing the number of health professionals who might travel to the U.S. for exposure to health communications and/or are exposed in Zimbabwe to experts from the U.S.; addressing Members of Parliament and critical committees that address health issues in an attempt to affect policy decision-makers.
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.
