Glossar
A
AMR = Antimicrobial Resistance
ANM = Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
APAC = AIDS Prevention and Control
APLM = Anti- Personnel Land Mine
ATM = HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
AR = Attack Rate
ARI = Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
ART = Anti-Retroviral Therapy
B
BCC = Behavioural Change Communication
BCI = Behavior Change Interventions
C
CBR = Crude Birth Rate
CCA = Climate Change Adaption
CCH = Community and Child Health
CFR = Case Fatality Rate
CHE = Complex Humanitarian Emergency
CH/N = Child Health and Nutrition
CHW = Community Health Worker
C-IMCI = Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
CPHC = Comprehensive Primary Health Care
CMR = Crude Mortality Rate
CSW = Commercial Sex Worker
CWS = Community Water Supply and Sanitation
D
DALY = Disability Adjusted Life Years
DD = Diarrheal Disease
DDR = Demobilisation, Disarmament, Reintegration
DHF = Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (Severe Dengue)
DPT = Diphteria, Pertussis, Tetanus
DRR = Disaster Risk Reduction
E
EDL = Essential Drug List
EH = Environmental Health
EPI = Expanded Programme on Immunisation
ERID = Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
ETAT = Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment
EVM = Effective Vaccine Management
EWARS = Early Warning and Reporting System
F
FEWS = Famine Early Warning System
FFF = Family Planning, Food Production, Female Education
FGM = Female Genital Mutilation
FIC = Fully Immunised Child
FP = Family Planning
G
GAM = Global Acute Malnutrition
GOBI = Growth Monitoring, Oral Rehydration, Brestfeeding, Immunization
GVAP = Global Vaccine Action Plan
H
HAART = Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
HFA = Health for All
HIS = Health Information System
HRH = Human Resources for Health
HSS = Health System Strengthening
HTC = HIV Testing and Counselling
HTM = HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Neglected Tropical Diseases
I
IASC = Inter- Agency Standing Committee
ID = Infectious Diseases
IDP = Internally Displaced Person
IEC = Information, Education and Communication
IGO = Intergovernmental Organisation
IMR = Infant Mortality Rate
IO = International Organisation
IPTi = Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants
ITN = Insecticide Treated Bednets
IYCF = Infant and Young Child Feeding
J
K
KAP = Knowledge, Attitude and Practices
L
LBW = Low Birth Weight
LEB = Life Expectancy at Birth
LLIN = Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
M
MAM = Moderate Acute Malnutrition
MCH = Maternal and Child Health
MDG = Millenium Development Goals
MDT = Multidrug Therapy
MMR = Maternal Mortality Ratio
MNH = Maternal and Child Health
MSM = Men who have Sex with Men
MT = Metric Ton
MUAC = Mid Upper Arm Circumference
N
NGO = Nongovernmental Organisation
NNMR = Neonatal Mortality Rate
NNT = Neonatal Tetanus
O
OC = Oral Contraceptive
ORS = Oral Rehydration Salts
P
PHC = Primary Health Care
PYLL = Potential Years of Life Lost
Q
R
RH = Reproductive Health
RTI = Respiratory Tract Infection
S
SAM = Severe Acute Malnutrition
SFC = Supplementary Feeding Center
SM = Safe Motherhood
STD = Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STI = Sexually Transmitted Infections
T
TBA = Traditional Birth Attendant
TFC = Therapeutic Feeding Center
TFR = Total Fertility Rate
U
U5MR = Under 5 Mortality Rate
V
VB = Vector Borne
W
WASH = Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WHZ = Weight for Height
X
Y
YARH = Young Adult Reproductive Health
AMR = Antimicrobial Resistance
ANM = Auxiliary Nurse Midwife
APAC = AIDS Prevention and Control
APLM = Anti- Personnel Land Mine
ATM = HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
AR = Attack Rate
ARI = Acute Respiratory Tract Infection
ART = Anti-Retroviral Therapy
B
BCC = Behavioural Change Communication
BCI = Behavior Change Interventions
C
CBR = Crude Birth Rate
CCA = Climate Change Adaption
CCH = Community and Child Health
CFR = Case Fatality Rate
CHE = Complex Humanitarian Emergency
CH/N = Child Health and Nutrition
CHW = Community Health Worker
C-IMCI = Community Integrated Management of Childhood Illness
CPHC = Comprehensive Primary Health Care
CMR = Crude Mortality Rate
CSW = Commercial Sex Worker
CWS = Community Water Supply and Sanitation
D
DALY = Disability Adjusted Life Years
DD = Diarrheal Disease
DDR = Demobilisation, Disarmament, Reintegration
DHF = Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (Severe Dengue)
DPT = Diphteria, Pertussis, Tetanus
DRR = Disaster Risk Reduction
E
EDL = Essential Drug List
EH = Environmental Health
EPI = Expanded Programme on Immunisation
ERID = Emerging and Re-Emerging Infectious Diseases
ETAT = Emergency Triage Assessment and Treatment
EVM = Effective Vaccine Management
EWARS = Early Warning and Reporting System
F
FEWS = Famine Early Warning System
FFF = Family Planning, Food Production, Female Education
FGM = Female Genital Mutilation
FIC = Fully Immunised Child
FP = Family Planning
G
GAM = Global Acute Malnutrition
GOBI = Growth Monitoring, Oral Rehydration, Brestfeeding, Immunization
GVAP = Global Vaccine Action Plan
H
HAART = Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
HFA = Health for All
HIS = Health Information System
HRH = Human Resources for Health
HSS = Health System Strengthening
HTC = HIV Testing and Counselling
HTM = HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Neglected Tropical Diseases
I
IASC = Inter- Agency Standing Committee
ID = Infectious Diseases
IDP = Internally Displaced Person
IEC = Information, Education and Communication
IGO = Intergovernmental Organisation
IMR = Infant Mortality Rate
IO = International Organisation
IPTi = Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Infants
ITN = Insecticide Treated Bednets
IYCF = Infant and Young Child Feeding
J
K
KAP = Knowledge, Attitude and Practices
L
LBW = Low Birth Weight
LEB = Life Expectancy at Birth
LLIN = Long Lasting Insecticidal Nets
M
MAM = Moderate Acute Malnutrition
MCH = Maternal and Child Health
MDG = Millenium Development Goals
MDT = Multidrug Therapy
MMR = Maternal Mortality Ratio
MNH = Maternal and Child Health
MSM = Men who have Sex with Men
MT = Metric Ton
MUAC = Mid Upper Arm Circumference
N
NGO = Nongovernmental Organisation
NNMR = Neonatal Mortality Rate
NNT = Neonatal Tetanus
O
OC = Oral Contraceptive
ORS = Oral Rehydration Salts
P
PHC = Primary Health Care
PYLL = Potential Years of Life Lost
Q
R
RH = Reproductive Health
RTI = Respiratory Tract Infection
S
SAM = Severe Acute Malnutrition
SFC = Supplementary Feeding Center
SM = Safe Motherhood
STD = Sexually Transmitted Diseases
STI = Sexually Transmitted Infections
T
TBA = Traditional Birth Attendant
TFC = Therapeutic Feeding Center
TFR = Total Fertility Rate
U
U5MR = Under 5 Mortality Rate
V
VB = Vector Borne
W
WASH = Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
WHZ = Weight for Height
X
Y
YARH = Young Adult Reproductive Health
