AB Abstain, Be faithful
ABC Abstain, Be faithful, correct and consistent use of Condoms
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ANC Antenatal Care
APR Annual Program Results
APS Annual Program Statement
ART Antiretroviral Treatment
ARV Antiretroviral (Drug)
AZT Azidothymidine (Zidovudine)
BCC Behavior Change Communication
CBO Community-Based Organization
CCM Country Coordinating Mechanisms
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (of HHS)
CHART
CHW Community Health Workers
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
COPRS Country Operational Plan Reporting System
CSH Child Survival and Health
CSW Commercial Sex Worker
CT HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing
DHS Demographic Health Survey
DoD Department of Defense
DOL Department of Labor
DOS Department of State
DOTS Directly-Observed Therapy, Short Course Strategy
EID Early Infant Diagnosis
EP Emergency Plan
FBO Faith-Based Organization
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FDC Fixed Dose Combination
GAP Global AIDS Program (of HHS)
GBV Gender-Based Violence
Global Fund Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
GH Bureau of Global Health (of USAID)
GHAI Global HIV/AIDS Initiative
GHCS Global Health and Child Survival
HAART Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration (of HHS)
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HBC Home-Based Care
HMIS Health Management Information Systems
IEC Information, Education and Communication
IDB Inter-American Development Bank
IDU Injecting Drug User
ILO International Labor Organization
IOM Institute of Medicine
IPT Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
MARPs Most-At-Risk Populations
MDR-TB Multi-Drug Resistant TB
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MOH Ministry of Health
MSM Men Who Have Sex with Men
NGO Nongovernmental Organizations
NIH National Institutes of Health (of HHS)
OGAC Office of the
OHA Office of HIV/AIDS (of USAID)
OI Opportunistic Infection
OP Other Prevention
OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PC Peace Corps
PEP Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
PEPFAR President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PLWHA People Living with HIV/AIDS
PMTCT Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
PwP Prevention with Positives
RT&C Rapid Testing and Counseling
SAPR Semi-Annual Program Results
S/ES Executive Secretariat (of DOS)
SI Strategic Information
State Department of State
STI Sexually Transmitted Infection
TB Tuberculosis
UNAIDS The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
UNFPA United Nations Population Fund
USAID
USG
VCT Voluntary HIV/AIDS Counseling and Testing
WFP World Food Program
WHO World Health Organization
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