| ABC |
“Abstinence,
be faithful, use a condom” |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| ART
|
Anti-retroviral
therapy |
| ARV |
Antiretroviral
Treatment |
| CCM |
Country
Coordination Mechanism |
| DOT |
Directly
Observed Treatment |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| GONGO |
Government
Owned Non Government Organisation |
| HAART |
Highly active anti-retroviral therapy |
| HIV |
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HBC |
Home
Based Care |
| HR
|
Human
rights |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental
Organisation |
| IDU |
Intravenous
Drug User |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| INGO |
International
Nongovernmental Organisation |
| MDGs |
Millenium Development Goals |
| MoH
|
Ministry
of Health |
| MSM |
Men
who have Sex with Men |
| MSF
|
Medicins
Sans Frontières |
| NGO |
Non-governmental organisation |
| NIS |
Newly
Independent States (formerly part of the Soviet Union) |
| PEPFAR |
President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| PLWHA |
People
Living With HIV/AIDS |
| PMTCT
|
Prevention
of Mother to Child Transmission |
| SARS |
Severe acute respiratory syndrome |
| Sida
|
Swedish
International Development Cooperation Agency |
| STD |
Sexually transmitted disease |
| STI |
Sexually
Transmitted Infections |
| TA |
Technical
Assistance |
| TAC |
Organisation: Treatment, Action, Campaign |
| TB
|
Tuberculosis
(TBC) |
| TRIP |
Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property
Rights |
| UCC |
UNAIDS
Country Coordinator |
| UN
|
United
Nations |
| UNAIDS |
Joint
United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNGASS |
United
Nations Development Programme |
| UNDP
|
United
Nations General Assembly Special Session |
| UNICEF |
United
Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNODC |
United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| USAID |
United
States Agency for International Development |
| VCT
|
Voluntary
Counselling and Testing |
| WHO |
World
Health Organisation |
| WTO |
World Trade Organisation |
