ABC

AETC

AIDS

ANC

ARC

ART

ARV

Abstinence, Be Faithful, Correct, Consistent, Condom Use

AIDS Education and Training Centres

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Ante-Natal Clinic

American Red Cross

Anti-Retroviral Therapy

Anti-Retro-Viral

BCC

BSS

Behaviour Change Communication

Behavioural Surveillance Survey

CAREC

CARICOM

CBO

CCM

CHART

CIA

CIDA

CIOG

CMC

CMI

CMV

CNS

CRS

CSIH

CSW

CT

CDC

CYP

Caribbean Epidemiological Centre

Caribbean Community

Community Based Organisation

Country Coordinating Mechanism

Caribbean Regional HIV/AIDS Training

Central Intelligence Agency

Canadian International Development Agency

Central Islamic Organization of Guyana

Central Medical Centre

Cell-Mediated Immunity

Cytomegalovirus

Central Nervous System

Catholic Relief Services

Canadian Society for International Health

Commercial Sex Workers

Counselling and Testing

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Commonwealth Youth Programme

DFID

DOD

DOTS

Department for International Development ( UK )

Department of Defense (US)

Direct Observation Therapy Strategy

EP

EU

Emergency Plan

European Union

FBO

FHI

FTE

FXB

Faith-Based Organisation

Family Health International

Full Time Equivalent

Francois-Xavioer Bagnoud Centre

G+

GAP

GDF

GDP

GECOM

GFATM

GGMC

GHARP

GHRA

GOG

GPC

GPHC

GRCS

GRPA

GTUC

GTZ

GUM

The Network of Guyanese Living with HIV and AIDS

Global AIDS Programme

Guyana Defense Force

Gross Domestic Product

Guyana Elections Commission

Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Guyana Geology and Mines Commission

Guyana HIV/AIDS Reduction and Prevention Program

Guyana Human Rights Association

Government of Guyana

Guyana Pharmaceutical Corporation

Guyana Public Hospital Corporation

Guyana Red Cross Society

Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association

Guyana Trades Union Congress

German Agency for Technical Cooperation

Genito-Urinary Medicine

HBC

HDI

HFLE

HIPC

HIS

HIV

HMIS

HPV

HRM

HSDU

Home-Based Care

Human Development Index

Health and Family Life Education

Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

Health Information System

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Health Management Information Systems

Human Papilloma Virus

Human Resource Management

Health Sector Development Unit

ID

IDB/IADB

IDEA

IEC

ILO

ITECH

Identification

Inter-American Development Bank

Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Information, Education and Communication

International Labour Organisation

International Training & Education Centre on HIV

JHPIEGO

Johns Hopkins Programme for International Education in Gynaecology and Obstetrics

M&E

MAA

MAC

MARPS

MCH

MDG

MDR

MLG

MLHSSS

MMU

MOE

MOH

MOHA

MSM

Monitoring and Evaluation

Ministry of Amerindian Affairs

Mycobacterium Avium Complex

Most at Risk Populations

Maternal Child Health

Millennium Development Goals

Multi Drug Resistance

Ministry of Local Government

Ministry of Labour, Human Services and Social Security

Materials Management Unit

Ministry of Education

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Home Affairs

Men who have Sex with Men

NAPS

NBTS

NGO

NTCC

National AIDS Programme Secretariat

National Blood Transfusion Service

Non-Governmental Organisation

National Training Coordination Centre

OIs

OPEC

OVC

Opportunistic Infections

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Orphans and Vulnerable Children

PAC

PAHO

PCP

PCVs

PEPFAR

PID

PLWHA

PMIS

PMTCT

PMU

PSC

PSI

Presidential AIDS Commission

Pan American Health Organization

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia

Peace Corps Volunteers

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease

People Living with HIV and AIDS

Patient Management Information System

Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission

Program Management Unit

Private Sector Commission (GY)

Population Services International

QI

Quality Improvement

RAC10

S&D

STD

STI

SOP

SOW

Stigma and Discrimination

Sexually Transmitted Disease

Sexually Transmitted Infection

Standard Operating Procedures

Statement of Work

T&TA

TA

TB

TIMS

TTIs

Training and Technical Assistance

Technical Assistance

Tuberculosis

Training Information Management System

Transfusion-Transmitted Infections

UK

UN

UNAIDS

UNDP

UNFPA

UNICEF

USAID

USDOL

USG

United Kingdom

United Nations

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

United Nations Development Program

United Nations Population Fund

United Nations Children’s Fund

United States Agency for International Development

United States Department of Labour

United States Government

VYC

Volunteer Youth Corps

WB

WHO

World Bank

World Health Organisation