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Acronyms
ANE – Asia/Near East
ANC – ante-natal care (prenatal care)
ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BEOC – basic and emergency obstetric care
BHS – basic health service
BHW – basic health worker
CBO – community based organization
CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CGI – Clinton Global Initiative
CHANGE – Center for Health and Gender Equity
CHV – community health volunteer
CHW – community health worker
CMR – child mortality rate
DALY – disability-adjusted life year
DFID –Department for International Development, UK
EOC – emergency obstetric care
EMOC – emergency medical and obstetric care
FBO – faith based organization
FFS – fee for service
FP – Family Planning
FP2020 – Family Planning 2020
GAI – Global AIDS Initiative
GAVI – Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
GBV – gender based violence
GFATM – Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria
GHC – Global Health Council; Global Health Corps
GHI – U.S. Global Health Initiative
HFA – health for all
HMIS – health management information system
HO – health officer
HRH – human resources for health
HSS – health systems strengthening
IAVI – International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
IDA – International Development Association
IMF – International Monetary Fund
IMR – infant mortality rate
KL – Kuala Lumpur
M&E – monitoring and evaluation
MARPs – most-at-risk populations
MCC – Millennium Challenge Corporation
MCF – Médicins sans Frontières (Doctors without
Borders)
MCH – Maternal and Child Health
MDGs – Millennium Development Goals
MMR – maternal mortality rate
MNCH – Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health
MOH – Ministry of Health
MSH – Management Sciences for Health
MVI – Malaria Vaccine Initiative
MVC – most vulnerable children
MWRA – married woman (women) of reproductive age
MY - Malaysia
NGO – nongovernmental organization
NTD – neglected tropical diseases
OVC – orphans and vulnerable children
PEPFAR –President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PHC – primary health care
PLWHA – people living with HIV/AIDS
PMI – President’s Malaria Initiative
PMTCT – prevention of mother to child transmission of
HIV
PSI – Population Sciences International
QALY – quality adjusted life years
RDMA – Regional Development Mission for Asia
RH – Reproductive Health
SEA – Southeast Asia
SM – safe motherhood
SRH – sexual and reproductive health
STD – sexually transmitted disease
STI – sexually transmitted infection
TB – tuberculosis
TBA – traditional birth attendant
TFR – total fertility rate
UHC – universal health coverage
UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS
UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
UNFPA – United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIFEM – United Nations Development Fund for
Women
USAID – United States Agency for International
Development
WB – World Bank
WD – Women Deliver
WHO – World Health Organization
WRA – women of reproductive age