| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ART |
Antiretroviral therapy |
| ARV |
Antiretroviral |
| BCC |
Behavioral change communication |
| BSS |
Behavioral surveillance survey |
| BoD |
Board of Directors |
| CBO |
Community Based Organization |
| CCAP |
Church of Central Africa Presbyterian |
| CSW |
Commercial Sex Worker |
| DAC |
District AIDS Coordinator |
| DACC |
District AIDS Coordinating Committee |
| DHO |
District Health Office/Officer |
| FBO |
Faith Based Organisation |
| FGD |
Focus group discussion |
| FSW |
Female sex worker |
| GFATM |
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GIPA |
Greater Involvement of PLWHA |
| GNP+ |
Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| HAART |
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy |
| HBC |
Home-based care |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HIVOS |
Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries |
| IEC |
Information, Education and Communication |
| IDU |
Injecting Drug User |
| IGA |
Income generating activity |
| KAP |
Knowledge Attitude and Practice |
| MACRO |
Malawi AIDS Counseling and Resource Organization |
| MANASO |
Malawi Network of AIDS Service Organizations |
| MANET |
Malawi Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| M&E |
Monitoring &Evaluation |
| MEDI |
Malawi Entrepreneurial Development Institute |
| MOH |
Ministry of Health |
| NAC |
National AIDS Commission |
| NAP+ |
Network of African People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| NAPHAM |
National Association for People Living with HIV/AIDS in
Malawi |
| NGO |
Non-Government Organization |
| PLHIV |
People Living Infected and/or Affected by HIV/AIDS |
| PLWA |
People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| PLWHA |
People Living Infected and/or Affected by HIV/AIDS |
| PMTCT |
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission |
| PTC |
Post Test Club |
| RCC |
Regional Coordinating Committee |
| SAT |
Southern African AIDS Trust |
| SGs |
Support Groups |
| STD |
STD Sexually transmitted disease |
| STI |
STI Sexually transmitted infection |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| ToR |
Terms of Reference |
| TOT |
Training of trainers |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAIDS |
UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNICEF |
United Nations International Children’s Fund |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| VCT |
Voluntary Counseling and Testing |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WUSC |
World University Services of Canada |
