Acronyms |
AEP |
Adolescence Education Programme |
AIDS |
AcquiredImmuneDeficiency Syndrome |
AIIMS |
All India Institute of Medical Sciences |
AIM |
AIDS Impact Model |
ANC |
Antenatal Clinic |
ANC |
Antenatal Care |
ART |
Anti Retroviral Treatment |
ARV |
Anti Retro Viral |
ASFR |
Age Specific Fertility Rate |
ASHA |
Accredited Social Health Activist |
BCC |
Behaviour Change Communication |
BCSU |
Blood Camponent Separation Units |
BFPNI |
Breast Feeding Promotion Network of India |
BMGF |
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation |
BSC |
Blood Storage Centre |
BSS |
Behavioural Surveilance Survey |
CBO |
Community- Based Organisation |
CCC |
Community Care Centres |
CDC |
Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
CHC |
Community Health Centres |
CLHIV |
Children Living with HIV |
CMIS |
Computerised Management Information System |
CoE |
Centre of Excellence |
CPFMS |
Computerised Project Financial Management System |
CPGRAMS |
Computerised Public Grievance Redress & Monitoring System |
CSMP |
Condom Social Marketing Programme |
CST |
Care Support and Treatment |
CVM |
Condom Vending Machine |
DAC |
Department of AIDS Control |
DAPCU |
District AIDS Prevention Control Unit |
DBS |
Dried Blood Spot |
DCGI |
Drugs Controller General of India |
DFID |
Department of International Development, UK |
DHR |
Department of Health Research |
DIC |
Drop in Centres |
DLN |
District Level Network |
DTC |
Delhi Transport Corporation |
DWCD |
Department of Women & Child Development |
EID |
Early Infant Diagnosis |
EPP |
Estimation and Projection Package |
EQAS |
External Quality Assurance Scheme |
ESCM |
Enhanced Syndromic Case Management |
FC |
Female Condom |
FHI |
Family Health International |
FICTC |
Facility Integrated Counseling & Testing Centre |
FPA |
Forum of Parliamentarians on HIV & AIDS |
FRU |
First Referral Unit |
FSW |
Female Sex Worker |
GFATM |
Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
GIPA |
Greater Involvement of People with HIV/ AIDS |
GIS |
Geographic Information System |
HIV |
Human Immuno Deficiency Virus |
HLFPPT |
Hindustan Latex Family Planning Promotion Trust |
HMIS |
Health Management Information System |
HRG |
High Risk Group |
HSS |
HIV Sentinel Surveillance |
IAP |
Indian Academy of Pediatrics |
IAVI |
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
IBBA |
Integrated Biological and Behavioural Assessment |
IBBS |
Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance |
ICF |
Intesified TB Case Finding |
ICMR |
Indian Council off Medical Research |
ICRW |
International Centre for Research on Women |
ICTC |
Integrated Council and Testing Centre |
IDU |
Injecting Drug User |
IEC |
Information, Education and Communication |
IHBAS |
Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences |
IL & FS |
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited |
IMR |
Infant Mortality Rate |
INC |
Indian Nursing Council |
IRDA |
Insurance Regulatory Development Authority |
JAT |
Joint Appraisal Team |
KHPT |
Karnataka Health Promotion Trust |
LAC |
Link Anti Retroviral Therapy Centre |
LART |
Link Anti Retroviral Therapy |
LFU |
Lostt to Follow-up cases |
LWS |
Link Worker Scheme |
M & E |
Monitoring & Evaluation |
MARP |
Most at Risk Population |
MCD |
Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
MoHFW |
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare |
MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
MSM |
Men who have Sex with Men |
NABH |
National Accreditation Board of Hospitals & Healthcare Providers |
NABL |
National Accreditation Board for Laboratories |
NACO |
National AIDS Control Organization |
NACP |
National Aids Control Programme |
NARI |
National AIDS Research Institute |
NBTA |
National Blood Transfusion Authority |
NDMC |
New Delhi Municipal Corporation |
NEQAS |
National External Quality Assessment Scheme |
NERO |
North Eastern Regional Office |
NFHS |
National Family Health Survey |
NGO |
Non- Government Organisation |
NIHFW |
National Institute of Health and Family Welfare |
NIMS |
National Institute of Medical Statistics |
NRHM |
National Rural Health Mission |
NRL |
National Referral Centre |
NTSU |
National Technical Support Unit |
NWG |
National Working Group |
NYKS |
Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan |
OBG |
Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
OI |
Opportunistic Infections |
ORT |
Oral Substitution Therapy |
OST |
Opioid Substitution Therapy |
PEP |
Post- Exposure Prophylaxis |
PFHI |
Public Health Foundation of India |
PFI |
Population Foundation of India |
PHC |
Public Health Center |
PHC |
Primary Health Centre |
PLHIV |
People Living with HIV |
PPP |
Public Private Partnership |
PPTCT |
Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission |
PPTCT |
Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission of HIV |
PRI |
Panchayati Raj Institution |
RBTC |
Regional Blood Transfusion Centre |
RCH |
Reproductive Child Health |
RFD |
Result Framework Document |
RGI |
Registrar General of India |
RI |
Regional Institute |
RNTCP |
Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme |
RRC |
Red Ribbon Club |
RRE |
Red Ribbon Express |
RSBY |
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna |
RTI |
Reproductive Tract Infection |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SACS |
State AIDS Control Society |
SBTC |
State Blood Transfusion Council |
SIMS |
Strategic Information Management System |
SIMS |
Stategic Information Management System |
SIMU |
Strategic Information Management Unit |
SMM |
Single Male Migrant |
SMO |
Social Marketing Organisation |
SRL |
State Reference Laboratory |
SRS |
Sample Registration System |
STD |
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
STI |
Sexually Transmitted Infections |
STRC |
State Training & Resource Centre |
TAC |
Technical Advisory Committee |
TB |
Tuberculosis |
TFR |
Total Fertility Rate |
TG |
Transgender |
THP |
Truckers' Halting Point |
TI |
Targeted Interventions |
TRG |
Technical Resource Group |
TSG |
Technical Support Group |
TSU |
Technical Support Unit |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAIDS |
United Nations AIDS |
UNAIDS |
United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS |
UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNICEF |
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
UPSACS |
Uttar Pradesh State AIDS Control Society |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
USAIDS |
United State AIDS |
UT |
Union Territory |
VBD |
Voluntary Blood Donation |
VCTC |
Voluntary Blood Donation |
WG |
Working Group |
WHO |
World Health Organisation |