ABC: Abstain, Be Faithful, Use Condoms
AIDS: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
ANAA: Algerian Network against AIDS
ART: Antiretroviral Therapy
ATL MST SIDA : Association Tunisienne de Lutte contre les MST et le SIDA
BSS : Behavioural Surveillance Survey
CBO : Community Based Organization
CHAHAMA: Regional Network of Religious Leaders
CSO: Civil Society Organization
ELISA: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
ETG: Expended Theme Group on HIV/AIDS
FBO: Faith Based Organization
GFATM: The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria
GWA : Good Will Ambassador
HAART: Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
HARPAS: HIV/AIDS Regional Project in the Arab States
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
IDU: Intravenous Drug User
IHAA: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
MDG: Millennium Development Goals
M&E: Monitoring and Evaluation
MENA: Middle East and North Africa
MENAHRA: Middle East & North Africa Harm Reduction Association
MOH: Ministry of Public Health
MSM: Men who Have Sex with Men
MTCT: Mother-to-Child Transmission
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NANASO: North Africa Network of NGOs on AIDS
NAP: National AIDS Program
NGO: Non-Governmental Organization
NSP: National Strategic Plan
OI : Opportunistic Infection
OPALS: Organisation Panafricaine de Lutte contre le Sida
OST: Opiates Substitution Therapy
OVC: Orphans and Vulnerable Children
PLHIV: People Living with HIV
PMTCT: Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission
RMM: Regional Management Meeting
ROMS : Réseau des ONG Marocaines travaillant sur le SIDA
RONASIMA: Réseau des ONG Nationales de lutte contre le SIDA/IST en Mauritanie.
RRG: Regional Resource Group
RST: Regional Support Team
SIDC: Soins Infirmiers et Développement Communautaire
STI: Sexual Transmitted Infections
SW: Sex Workers
TOR: Terms of Reference
TOT: Training Of Trainers
UNAIDS: Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
UNDP: United Nations Development Program
UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIFEM: United Nations Development Fund for Women
UNODC: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
VCT: Voluntary Counseling and Testing
WAD: World AIDS Day
WHO: World Health Organization
YNAA: Yemeni Network of NGOs against AIDS
Y-Peer: Youth Peer Educators
