| 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 |