| ART |
antiretroviral therapy |
| CEDAW |
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women |
| CEE/CIS |
countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States |
| DOTS |
directly observed therapy, short-course |
| FGC |
female genital cutting |
| HEI |
HIV Equity Initiative, Haiti |
| IAVI |
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
| ICW |
International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS |
| IPPF |
International Planned Parenthood Federation |
| MaP |
Men as Partners, a Southern Africa NGO |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MSF |
Médecins Sans Frontières |
| MTCT |
mother-to-child transmission |
| NGO |
non-governmental organization |
| PAHO |
Pan-American Health Organization |
| PEP |
post-exposure prophylaxis |
| PMTCT |
preventing mother-to-child transmission |
| SHAZ |
Shaping the Health of Adolescents in Zimbabwe |
| STI |
sexually transmitted infection |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGASS |
UN General Assembly Special Session (on HIV/AIDS) |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNIFEM |
United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| VCT |
Voluntary counselling and testing |
| VSO |
Voluntary Services Overseas, UK |
| WAR |
Women against Rape, Botswana |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |