Abbreviations

AIDS   Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ART    Anti-Retroviral Treatment
ARV    Anti-Retroviral
CARES  Comprehensive AIDS Response
CCM    Country Coordinating Mechanism (of GFATM)
CDC    (Chinese) Centre for Disease Control
CRMIS  Comprehensive Response Management Information System
GFATM  Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
GIPA   Greater Involvement of People Living with or Affected by HIV/AIDS
HIV    Human Immune-deficiency Virus
IDU    Injecting Drug Use
IDUs   Injecting Drug Users
IEC    Information, Education and Communication
JAR    Joint Assessment Report (of SCAW CO and UNTO)
MARP   Most-at-Risk Population(s)
M&E    Monitoring and Evaluation
MMT    Methadone Maintenance Treatment
MOH    Ministry of Health
MSM    Men who have Sex with Men
MTCT   Mother-to -Child Transmission
NCAIDS National Centre for AIDS/STD Prevention and Control
OI     Opportunistic Infection
PLHIV  People Living with HIV
PMTCT  Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission
RNE    Resource Needs Estimation
SCAWCO State Council AIDS Working Committee Office
STI    Sexually Transmitted Infections
SW     Sex Worker
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP   United National Development Programme
UNFPA  United Nations Population Fund
UNGASS United Nations General Assembly Special Session (on AIDS)
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNTO   United Nations Theme Group on AIDS
VCT    Voluntary Counselling and Testing