ACRONYMS

ACTS Artemesinine Combination Therapy ADC Area Development Committee AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AFP : Acute Flaccid Paralysis AMSA African Medical Students Association ANC Antenatal Care ANSP+ : Association nationale de soutien aux sropositifs ARI Acute Respiratory Infections ART Antiretroviral Therapy ARV Antiretroviral ATM : AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria AU African Union BCG : Bacille de Calmette et Gurin BLM Banja La Mtsogolo CBHI Community-Based Health Ins CBO Community-Based Organizations CBR Community Based Rehabilitation CCA : Common Country Assessment CCM Country Coordination Mechanism CD4 Cluster of Differentiation 4 CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDR Case Detection Rate Reasurance CH Central Hospital CHAM Christian Health Association in Malawi COD : Common Operational Document CoM College of Medicine COMESA : Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CPR Contraceptive Prevalence Rate CSO Civil Society Organization CSZ Central South Zone, Somalia DALYs Disability Adjusted Life Years DANIDA Danish Development Aid DCC : Disease Control Centre DEC District Executive Committee DFID Department for International Development

DHO DHIS2 DHS DHMT DHS : DHSRIII : DMTF : DOTS DPCG : DPSHA : DPT3 DSS EAC : EB : ECHO : EDPRS : EHP EHRP EIDHS : EMHS EMHSLU EMLU EMR EMS EmOC EPI : EPISTAT : EU FGD FHP : FP FSP : FY GAVI GDP GFATM : GLIA :

District Health Officer District Health Information System II District Health Services District Health Management Team Demographic and Health Survey 3rd Demographic and Health Survey in Rwanda Disaster Management Task Force Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (for TB) Development Partners Coordination Group Department for the Promotion of Health, Hygiene and Drainage DiptheriaPertusis Tetanus 3 Demographic Surveillance Site East African Community Extra Budget Humanitarian Aid Office Economic and Development Poverty Reduction Strategy Essential Health Package Emergency Human Resource Program Intermediate Survey on Demographic and Health Indicators Essential Medicines and Health Supplies Essential Medicines and Health Supplies List of Uganda Essential Medicines List of Uganda Electronic Medical Records Essential Medicines and Supplies Emergency Obstetric Care Expanded Programme on Immunization Epidemiology and Health Statistics Department European Union Focus group discussion Family Health Programme Family planning Financial Sustainability Plan Financial Year Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization Gross Domestic Product Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Great Lakes Initiative on AIDS

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GoM GoR : GoU GSM : GVH Gvt : HAMS : HC HCAC HCMC HCW HDP HepB : HEPS HEU Hib : HIPC : HIS HIV HMIS HMN HP HPAC HRH HRM HRMIS HSA HSC HSS HSSIP HSSP HTC HTI HUMC ICC : IDSR IDP

Government of Malawi Government of Rwanda Government of Uganda Global Management System Group Village Headman Government Hygine et Assainissement en Milieu scolaire Health Center Health Centre Advisory Committee Health Centre Management Committee Health Care Worker Health Development Partner Hepatitis B Coalition for Health Promotion and Social Development Health Education Unit Haemophilus influenzae type b Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Health Information System Human Immune Deficiency Virus Health Management Information System Health Metrics Network Health Post Health Policy Advisory Committee Human Resources for Health Human Resources Management Human Resource Management Information System Health System Assessment Health Service Commission Health System Strengthening Health Sector Strategic and Investment Plan Health Sector Strategic Plan HIV Testing and Counseling Health Training Institution Health Unit Management Committee Inter-Agency Coordinating Committee Integrated Disease Surveillance Response Internally displaced person

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IEC : IFMS IMNCI IMR IPT IRS ISHLC : ITN IUA JMS KAPB KCN LIC LID : LMIS MakSPH MCC MCH MDG MEAS : MEEPP MICS MMP MMR MoFPED MoH MP MPDR : MPH : MSF MTEF MTHUO MZUNI NACC : NBTC : NCD NDA

Information Education Communication Integrated Financial Management System Integrated Management of Newborn and Child Illness Infant Mortality Rate Intermittent Protective Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy Indoor Residual Spraying Integral Survey on Household Living Conditions Insecticide Treated Nets International University of Africa Joint Medical Stores Knowledge, attitude, practices and behaviour Kamuzu College of Nursing Low Income Countries Local Immunization Day Logistics Management Information System Makerere University School of Public Health Millennium Challenge Corporation Maternal and child health centre Millennium Development Goals Measles vaccine Monitoring and Evaluation of the Emergency Plan Progress Multiple indicator cluster survey Medicines and Medical Products Maternal Mortality Ratio Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ministry of Health Member of Parliament Ministry of Planning for Development and Reconstruction Ministry of Public Health Mdecins Sans Frontires Medium-Term Expenditure Framework Malawi Traditional Healers Umbrella Organization Mzuzu University National AIDS Control Commission National Blood Transfusion Centre Non-Communicable Diseases National Drug Authority

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NDP NEZ NGO NHIS NHP II 2nd NID : NMR NMS NPSSP NRHP : NSO NSDS NWZ ODI OES OOP OPD OPV : ORT PEPFAR PFP PHC PLHIV PMTCT PNC PNFP PoW PPDA PPP PPPH QPPU R C.I. : RRH RTA SIDA SLA SMC

National Development Plan North-East Zone, Somalia (Puntland) Non-Governmental Organization National Health Insurance Scheme National Health Policy National Immunization Day Neonatal Mortality Rate National Medical Stores National Pharmaceutical Sector Strategic Plan National Reproductive Health Programme National Statistical Officie National Service Delivery Survey North-West Zone, Somalia (Somaliland) Overseas Development Institute Oral Rehydration Solution Out-of-Pocket Outpatient Department Oral Polio Vaccine Oral Rehydration therapy Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Private For-Profit Primary Health Care People Living with HIV Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission Postnatal care Private Not-For-Profit Program of Work Public Procurement and Disposal of Public Assets Authority Public-Private Partnership Public-Private Partnership in Health Quantifications and Procurement Planning Unit Rotary Club International Regional Referral Hospital Road Traffic Accident Swedish International Development Agency Service Level Agreement Senior Management Committee

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SNID : SSA STI SURE SWAp TA TB TBA TCMP TFR THE TI TSR TT : TT2+ : TTC : TWG UBOS UCMB UDHS UGX UIA UMMB UMTAC UN UNDP : UNEPI UNESCO UNFPA UNHCO UNHS UNICEF UNIDO UNMHCP UOMB UPMB USAID

Synchronisation National Immunization Day Sub-Saharan Africa Sexually Transmitted Infection Securing Ugandans Right to Essential Medicines Sector-Wide Approach Traditional Authority Tuberculosis Traditional Birth Attendant Traditional and Complementary Medicine Practitioners Total Fertility Rate Total Health Expenditures Training Institutions Treatment Success Rate Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine Tetanus Toxoid Vaccine 2+ Treatment and Testing Centre Technical Working Group Uganda Bureau of Statistics Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau Uganda Demographic and Health Survey Uganda Shilling Uganda Investment Authority Uganda Muslim Medical Bureau Uganda Medicines Therapeutic Advisory Committee United Nations United Nations Development Programme United Nations Expanded Program on Immunization United Nations Education Scientific and Cultural Organization United Nations Population Fund Uganda National Health Consumers Organization Uganda National Household Survey United Nations Childrens Fund United Nations Industrial Development Organization Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package Uganda Orthodox Medical Bureau Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau United States of Agency for International Development

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USD : US$ U5MR VDC VEN VF : VH VHC VHT VSO WDI WHO YSP

United States Dollar United States Dollar Under Five Mortality Rate Village Development Committee Vital,Essential, and Necessary Vaccine Fund Village Headman Village Health Committee Village Health Team Voluntary Services Oversea World Development Indicators World Health Organization Yellow Star Program

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