Appendix 5 - List of Acronyms

• AB – Abstinence and Be Faithful
• ABC – Abstain, Be faithful, and, as appropriate, correct and consistent use of Condoms
• AF – African Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
• ANC – Antenatal Care
• APR – Annual Program Result
• APS – Annual Program Statement
• ART – Antiretroviral treatment
• ARV – Antiretroviral (Drug)
• BCC – Behavior Change Communication
• CBJ – Congressional budget justification
• CBO – Community-Based Organization
• CCM – Country Coordinating Mechanism
• CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (part of HHS)
• CHW – Community Health Workers
• CN – Congressional Notification
• COC – Continuum of Care
• CODB – Costs of Doing the USG’s PEPFAR Business
• COP – Country Operational Plan
• COPRS – Country Operational Plan and Reporting System
• CSH – Child Survival & Health (USAID funding account)
• CSW – Commercial Sex Work
• DfID – Department for International Development (UK)
• DoD – U.S. Department of Defense
• DOL – U.S. Department of Labor
• DOS – Department of State
• EID – Early Infant Diagnosis
• EAP – East Asian and Pacific Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• EHSP – Essential Health Services Package
• EUR – European and Eurasian Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• F – Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance
• FBO – Faith-Based Organization
• FDA – Food and Drug Administration (part of HHS)
• FN – Food and Nutrition
• FSW – Female Sex Workers
• FSN – Foreign Service National
• FTE – Full-time Equivalent
• FY – Fiscal Year
• GAP – Global AIDS Program (CDC)
• GBV – Gender-Based Violence
• GHAI – Global HIV/AIDS Initiative (funding account; replaced by GHCS)
• GHCS – Global Health Child Survival funds (funding account)
• Global Fund – Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
• HAART – Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
• HBC – Home-Based Care
• HCT – HIV Counseling and Testing
• HCW – Health Care Workers
• HHS – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
• HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HMIS – Health Management Information System
• HQ – Headquarters
• HRSA – Health Resources and Services Administration (part of HHS)
• HRH – Human Resources for Health
• HSS – Health Systems Strengthening
• ICASS – International Cooperative Administrative Support Services
• ID – Identification
• IDP – Internally-Displaced Person
• IDU – Injecting Drug User
• INR – Intelligence and Research (State Department Bureau)
• IPT – Isoniazid Preventive Therapy
• IRM – Information Resources Management
• LES – Locally Employed Staff
• M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation
• M&O – Management and Operations
• MARPs – Most-at-Risk Populations
• MCA – Millennium Challenge Account
• MCH – Maternal and Child Health
• MDR-TB – Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
• MFI – Microfinance Institution
• MOA – Memorandum of Agreement
• MOH – Ministry of Health
• MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
• MSM – Men Who Have Sex with Men
• MSW – Male Sex Workers
• N/A – Not Applicable
• NEA – Near Eastern Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• NGO – Non-governmental Organization
• NPI – New Partners Initiative
• NIH – National Institutes of Health (part of HHS)
• OGAC – Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (part of State)
• OGHA – Office of Global Health Affairs (part of HHS)
• OI – Opportunistic Infection
• OMB – Office of Management and Budget
• OS – Office of the Secretary (part of HHS)
• 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
• PITC – Provider-Initiated Counseling and Testing
• PLWHA – People Living with HIV/AIDS
• PM – Political-Military Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• PMTCT – Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission
• PPP – Public-Private Partnership
• PR – Principal Recipient
• PSC – Personal Services Contract
• PwP – Prevention with Positives
• QA – Quality Assurance
• ROP – Regional Operational Plan
• S/APR – Semi-Annual Program Result
• SAMHSA – Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (part of HHS)
• SCMS – Partnership for Supply Chain Management
• SI – Strategic Information
• STI – Sexually-Transmitted Infection
• TA – Technical Assistance
• TB - Tuberculosis
• TWG – Technical Working Group
• UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
• UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
• USAID – U.S. Agency for International Development
• USDA – U.S. Department of Agriculture
• USDH – U.S. Direct Hire
• USG – United States Government
• VCT – Voluntary Counseling and Testing
• VMMC – Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision
• WFP – World Food Program
• WHA -– Western Hemisphere Affairs (State Department Bureau)
• WHO – World Health Organization