| AHRQ |
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality |
| AIDS |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| AIDSCAP |
AIDS Control and Prevention Project |
| APDIME |
Assessment, planning, design, implementation monitoring, and evaluation |
| ART |
Antiretroviral therapy |
| CBA |
Cost-benefits analysis |
| CBO |
Community-based organization |
| CBPR |
Community-based participatory research |
| CDC |
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEA |
Cost-effectiveness analysis |
| CRC |
Cooperative Research Centre |
| EPC |
Evidence-based Practice Centers |
| FHI |
Family Health International |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GHQ |
General Health Questionnaire |
| HIPNET |
Health Information and Publications Network |
| HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| M&E |
Monitoring and evaluation |
| MCH |
Maternal and child health |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental organization |
| OERL |
Online Evaluation Resource Library |
| OR |
Operations research |
| PERK |
Prevention and Evaluation Resources Kit |
| PLA |
Participatory learning and action |
| PMEDS |
Prevention Minimum Evaluation Data Set |
| PMTCT |
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV |
| PRA |
Participatory reflection and action |
| QA |
Quality assurance |
| QI |
Quality improvement |
| QIQ |
Quick investigation of quality |
| RHIWG |
Reproductive Health Indicators Working Group |
| SARA |
Support for Analysis and Research in Africa |
| SPC |
Statistical process control |
| STD |
Sexually transmitted disease |
| UNGASS |
United Nations General Assembly Special Session |
| USAID |
US Agency for International Development |
| VCT |
Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| YPE |
Youth participatory evaluation |