GLOSSARY

AFB     Acid-Fast Bacilli

ALRI    Acute Lower Respiratory Infection

ARDS    Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ARIs    Acute Respiratory Infections

BCG     Bacille Calmette-Guerin

CFR     Case-Fatality Ratio

CMR     Crude Mortality Rate

CNS     Central Nervous System

CSB     Corn-soya Blend

CSF     Cerebral Spinal Fluid

CSM     Corn-soya Milk

DPT     Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus

DSM     Dry Skim Milk

E-Z     Edmonston-Zagreb Vaccine

EIS     Epidemic Intelligence Service

EPI     Expanded Programs on Immunization

G-6-PD  Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase

Hb      Hemogolobin

HEM     High Energy Milk

HIS     Health Information System

HIV     Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IU      International Units

Kcal    Kilocalories

MCH     Maternal and Child Health

MOH     Ministry of Health

MSF     Medecins Sans Frontieres

MUAC    Mid-Upper Arm Circumference

NGO     Nongovernmental Organization

OPV     Oral Polio Vaccine

ORS     Oral Rehydration Solution

ORT     Oral Rehydration Therapy

PAHO    Pan American Health Organization

PEM     Protein Energy Malnutrition

PHC     Primary Health Care

PVO     Private Voluntary Organization

SFP     Supplementary Feeding Program

SMX     Sulfamethoxazole

SP      Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine

STD     Sexually Transmitted Disease

TB      Tuberculosis

TFP     Therapeutic Feeding Program

TMP     Trimethoprim

TT      Tetanus Toxoid

UNHCR   United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund USAID United States Agency for International Development

WFH     Weight-For-Height

WHO     World Health Organization

WSB     Wheat-soya Blend








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