| AFP |
|
Armed Forces of the Philippines |
| AIDS |
|
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMTP |
|
AIDS Medium Term Plan |
| AMTP IV |
|
Fourth AIDS Medium Term Plan |
| ARV |
|
Antiretroviral |
| ASEP |
|
AIDS Surveillance and Education Project |
| BCC |
|
Behavior Change Communication |
| BSS |
|
Behavioral Sentinel Surveillance |
| CFSW |
|
Clients of Female Sex Workers |
| CHASPPAR |
|
Control of HIV/AIDS/STD Partnership Project in the Asia Region |
| CHD |
|
Center for Health Development |
| CHED |
|
Commission on Higher Education |
| CUP |
|
Condom Use Program |
| DepEd |
|
Department of Education |
| DILG |
|
Department of Interior and Local Government |
| DOH |
|
Department of Health |
| DOLE |
|
Department of Labor and Employment |
| DSF |
|
Deep-sea Fishermen |
| DSWD |
|
Department of Social Welfare and Development |
| FHI |
|
Family Health International |
| FLSW |
|
Freelance Sex Worker |
| FP |
|
Family Planning |
| FSI |
|
Foreign Service Institute |
| GFATM |
|
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GIPA |
|
Greater Involvement of People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| GIS |
|
Geographic Information System |
| GO |
|
Government Organization |
| GOP |
|
Government of the Philippines |
| HACT |
|
HIV/AIDS Core Team |
| HIV |
|
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HRG |
|
High-Risk Group |
| IDU |
|
Injecting Drug User |
| IEC |
|
Information, Education and Communication |
| ILO |
|
International Labour Organization |
| IRR |
|
Implementing Rules and Regulations |
| JICA |
|
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| KRA |
|
Key Result Area |
| LAC |
|
Local AIDS Council |
| LGU |
|
Local Government Unit |
| M & E |
|
Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MDGs |
|
Millennium Development Goals |
| MIS |
|
Management Information System |
| MSM |
|
Men who have Sex with Men |
| MTPDP |
|
Medium Term Philippine Development Plan |
| NAMRU |
|
National AIDS Medical Research Unit |
| NASPCP |
|
National AIDS and STI Prevention and Control Program |
| NEC |
|
National Epidemiology Center |
| NGO |
|
Non-Government Organization |
| NHSSS |
|
National HIV/AIDS Sentinel Surveillance System |
| OFW |
|
Overseas Filipino Worker |
| OI |
|
Opportunistic Infections |
| OSHC |
|
Occupational Safety and Health Center |
| OWWA |
|
Overseas Workers Welfare Administration |
| PDEA |
|
Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency |
| PDOS |
|
Pre-Departure Orientation Seminar |
| PEOS |
|
Pre-Employment Orientation Seminar |
| PGH |
|
Philippine General Hospital |
| PIPs |
|
People in Prostitution |
| PLWHAs |
|
People Living with HIV/AIDS |
| PMTCT |
|
Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission |
| PNAC |
|
Philippine National AIDS Council |
| PNP |
|
Philippine National Police |
| PO |
|
People's Organization |
| POEA |
|
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration |
| RA |
|
Republic Act |
| RATF |
|
Regional AIDS Task Force |
| RFSW |
|
Registered Female Sex Worker |
| RH |
|
Reproductive Health |
| RITM |
|
Research Institute for Tropical Medicine |
| RTI |
|
Reproductive Tract Infection |
| SACCL |
|
STI/AIDS Cooperative Central Laboratory |
| SARS |
|
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SHC |
|
Social Hygiene Clinic |
| SK |
|
Sangguniang Kabataan |
| SLH |
|
San Lazaro Hospital |
| SSESS |
|
Sentinel STI Etiologic Surveillance System |
| STD |
|
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| STI |
|
Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| TCS |
|
Treatment, Care and Support |
| TESDA |
|
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority |
| UNAIDS |
|
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNFPA |
|
United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGASS |
|
United Nations General Assembly Special Session |
| UNICEF |
|
United Nations Children's Fund |
| USAID |
|
United States Agency for International Development |
| VCT |
|
Voluntary Counselling and Testing |
| WHO |
|
World Health Organizatio |
| YAFSS |
|
Young Adult Fertility and Sexuality Survey |
