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ABC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cAbstinence, be faithful, use a condom\u201d
AIDS\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ART<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Antiretroviral therapy
ARV<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Antiretroviral Treatment
CCM\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Country Coordination Mechanism
CD4\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 a surface structure found on certain cells in the body to which HIV attaches to enter the cell
DOT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Directly Observed Treatment
EPIDEMI\u00a0<\/strong>– infectious disease affecting the population of a country or area
ENDEMI\u00a0<\/strong>– infectious disease that is constantly present in a population
FEMIDOM<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 a condom for women. Femidom is similar to a traditional condom but is much larger. At the opening there is a wider edge and a ring that is placed around the outside of the vaginal opening. The ring prevents the condom from slipping into the vagina. At the bottom of the condom there is a smaller ring that facilitates insertion and that keeps the condom in place inside the vagina. Feminidom gives the woman control over her body because it is placed in the woman and not on the man.
GDP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Gross domestic product
GONGO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Government Owned Non Government Organisation
GRID\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Gay Related ImmunoDeficiency (first name used for HIV\/AIDS)
HAART\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment (combination therapy against HIV))
HIV\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Humant Immunbrist Virus (1986, before that the following terms were used: LAV,HTLV III, ARV)
HBC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Home Based Care
HBTQ<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Homosexual, Bisexual, Trans and Queer people
HR<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Human Rights
IDU\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Intravenous Drug User
IMF\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 International Monetary Fund
INCIDENS\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The proportion of a population that falls ill or is infected during a given period of time, usually a year
INGO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 International Non-governmental Organisation
IVM<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Intravenous drug abuse
KSK\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Women who have sex with women
KSM<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Women who have sex with men
MDGs<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Millenium Development Goals
MoH<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Ministry of Health
MSF\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Medicins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (Doctors Without Borders)
MSK<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Men who have sex with women
MSM<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Men who have sex with men
NGO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Non-Governmental Organisation
NIS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Newly Independent States
NPT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 New prevention technologies is a collective name for new HIV prevention methods, including HIV vaccines and microbicides. NPT is complementary to existing prevention methods such as HIV information and education, safer sex, condom distribution, clean syringes, voluntary testing, counselling, support, care and treatment for HIV and other STIs.
PANDEMI\u00a0<\/strong>-An epidemic that affects several people and spreads over large parts of the world
PeP\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Post-Exposure Prophylaxis
PEPFAR<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 President Bush\u00b4s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
PLWHA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 People Living With HIV\/AIDS
PMTCT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Prevention of Mother to Child Transmissions
PrEP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, i.e. preventive treatment.
RETROVIRUS\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 HIV belongs to a family of viruses known as retroviruses
SARS\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Severe acute respiratory syndrome
SIDA\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
STD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sexually transmitted disease
STI<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Sexually transmitted infections (sexually transmitted infections)
TA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Technical Assistance
TAC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Treatment, Action, Campaign
TB<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Tuberculosis (TBC)
TRIP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
UCC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 UNAIDS Country Coordinator
UN<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United Nations (FN)
UNAIDS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Joint United Nations programme on HIV\/AIDS
UNGASS<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United Nations Development Programme
UNDP<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United Nations General Assembly Special Session
UNICEF<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United Nations Children\u00b4s Fund
UNODC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
USAID<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 United States Agency for International Development
VIREMI\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Amount of virus in the blood
VCT<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Voluntary Counselling and Testing
WAD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 World Aids Day (International Aids Day, December 1)
WHO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 World Health Organisation
WTO<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 World Trade Organisation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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