| AIDS | |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| CDC | |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (United States) |
| CESES | |
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS |
| DHS | |
Demographic and Health Surveys |
| DOTS | |
Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course |
| DPT | |
combined diphtheria/pertussis (whooping cough)/tetanus vaccine |
| GDP | |
gross domestic product |
| GNP | |
gross national product |
| HIPC | |
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HIV | |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| IMF | |
International Monetary Fund |
| MICS | |
multiple indicator cluster surveys |
| NGO | |
non-governmental organization |
| NID | |
National Immunization Day |
| ODA | |
official development assistance |
| OECD | |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OPEC | |
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| TB | |
tuberculosis |
| UNAIDS | |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDP | |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNESCO | |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNICEF | |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| VAD | |
vitamin A deficiency |
| WHO | |
World Health Organization |
