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ACRONYMS
- AFB
- acid-fast bacilli
- AFP
- acute flaccid paralysis
- AID
- Sacquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- APOC
- African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control
- AUSAID
- Australian Agency for International Development
- BASICS
- Basic Support for Institutionalizing Child Survival
- BCG
- bacille Calmette-Guerin
- CD
- Chagas disease
- CDC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CIDA
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CLD
- chronic liver disease
- CRS
- congenital rubella syndrome
- CTD
- Control of Tropical Diseases programme
- DALDs
- disability-adjusted life days
- DALYs
- disability-adjusted life years
- DANIDA
- Danish International Development Agency
- DEC
- diethylcarbamazine
- DEP
- Drancunculiasis Eradication Programme
- DFID
- Department for International Development, United Kingdom
- DNA
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- DOTS
- directly observed treatment, short course
- DPT
- diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus vaccine
- DPT3
- three doses of DPT vaccine
- EDT
- Aethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
- EP
- elimination/eradication programmes
- EPI
- Expanded Programme on Immunization
- ERR
- estimated rate of return
- FADNTDs
- folic-acid-dependent neural tube defects
- GDP
- gross domestic product
- GIS
- Geographical Information Systems
- HALY
- shandicap-adjusted life years
- HAV
- hepatitis A virus
- HBV
- hepatitis B virus
- Hib
- Haemophilus influenzae type B
- HIS
- health information systems
- HIV
- human immunodeficiency virus
- ICCs
- interagency coordination committees
- ID
- iron deficiency
- IDA
- iron-deficiency anaemia
- IDD
- iodine-deficiency disease
- IEC
- Information, education, communication
- ILO
- International Labour Organization
- ILSI
- International Life Sciences Institute
- IPV
- inactivated poliovirus
- IUMS
- International Union of Microbiological Societies
- JICA
- Japan International Cooperation Agency
- KAP
- knowledge, attitude, practices
- KEMRI
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
- LGA
- local government area
- MCH
- maternal and child health
- MDT
- multiple drug therapy
- MECACAR
- international polio effort by 18 countries in the Middle East, Caucasus, and Central Asian Republics
- MOH
- Ministry of Health
- MSG
- monosodium glutamate
- NCIH
- National Council for International Health
- NGO
- nongovernmental organization
- NGDO
- nongovernmental development organization
- NIAID
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- NIDs
- national immunization days
- NIH
- National Institutes of Health
- NIS
- Newly Independent States of the former USSR
- NT
- neonatal tetanus
- OCP
- Onchocerciasis Control Programme
- OEPA
- Onchocerciasis Elimination Program for the Americas
- OPV
- oral poliovirus vaccine
- PAHO
- Pan American Health Organization
- PCR
- polymerase chain reaction
- PEM
- protein-energy malnutrition
- PHC
- primary health care
- PHC
- primary hepatocellular carcinoma
- PHS
- Public Health Service
- PPD
- purified protein derivative
- RNA
- ribonucleic acid
- SSPE
- subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- STD
- sexually transmitted disease
- TB
- tuberculosis
- TFCSD
- Task Force for Child Survival and Development
- TSH
- thyroid-stimulating hormone
- TT
- tetanus toxoid
- UC
- University of California
- UNAIDS
- United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
- UNDP
- United Nations Development Programme
- UNICEF
- United Nations Children's Fund
- USAID
- United States Agency for International Development
- USD
- United States dollar
- USI
- universal salt iodization
- VAD
- vitamin A deficiency
- VVM
- vaccine vial monitor
- WFPHA
- World Federation of Public Health Associations
- WHO
- World Health Organization
- YF
- yellow fever
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