List of Commonly Used Acronyms
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| Acronym | Full Term |
| AAA | Accounts Management Analysis |
| ACP | Advisory Committee on Procurement |
| ACT | Artemisinin Combination Therapy |
| ADCD | Annual Disbursement and Commitment Decision |
| AFR | Annual Financial Reporting |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AR | Accounts Receivable |
| ART | Antiretroviral Therapy |
| ARV | Antiretroviral |
| APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| ASP | Additional Safeguards Policy |
| AWP | Annual Work Plan |
| BPPS | Bureau for Policy and Programme Support |
| BDP | Bureau for Development Policy |
| BMS | Bureau for Management Services |
| CAP | Contract, Asset and Procurement Committee |
| CAT | Capacity Assessment Tool |
| CBR | Cash Balance Report |
| CCM | Country Coordinating Mechanism |
| CD | Capacity Development |
| CDP | Capacity Development Plan |
| CE | Cost Estimate |
| CFR | Certified Finacial Report |
| CN | Concept Note |
| CO | Country Office |
| CoA | Chart of Accounts |
| COE | Challenging Operating Environment |
| CoS | Continuity of Services |
| CP | Condition Precedent |
| CPAP | Country Programme Action Plan |
| CPD | Country Project Document |
| CSO | Civil Society Organization |
| CSS | Community Systems Strengthening |
| DHS | Demographic Health Survey |
| DIM | Direct Implementation |
| DMS | Document Management System |
| DOTS | Directly Observed Treatment Shortcourse |
| DPA | Delegated Procurement Authority |
| DPC | Direct Project Cost |
| DQA | Data Quality Audit |
| DR | Disbursement Request |
| EFR | Enhanced Financial Report |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
| EQA | External Quality Assurance |
| ERP | Expert Review Panel |
| FACE | Funding Authorization and Certification of Expenditures |
| FBO | Faith-based Organization |
| FEFO | First Expired, First Out |
| FLD | First-line drugs |
| FM&S | Financial Management and Systems |
| FPM | Fund Portfolio Manager |
| FPP | Finished Pharmaceutical Product |
| FRR | Financial Rules and Regulations |
| FS | Face Sheet |
| GAC | Grants Approval Committee |
| GDF | Global Drug Facility |
| GFFR | Global Fund Financial Reporting |
| GHTF | Global Harmonization Task Force |
| GL | General Ledger |
| GLJE | General Ledger Journal Entry |
| GF | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GF/HIST | Global Fund/Health Implementation Support Team |
| GLC | Green Light Committee |
| GMS | General Management Service |
| GPU | Global Procurement Unit |
| GSSC | Global Shared Service Centre |
| HACT | Harmonized Approach to Cash Transfers |
| HHD | HIV, Health and Development Group |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HMN | Health Metrics Network |
| HMIS | Health Management and Information System |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HSS | Health Systems Strengthening |
| IA | Implementing Agent |
| IBBS | Integrated Biological and Behavior Surveillance |
| ICH | International Conference on Harmonisation |
| IDA | International Dispensary Association |
| IGO | Intergovernmental Organization |
| IL | Implementation Letter |
| IMDRF | International Medical Devices Regulators Forum |
| INN | International Non-Proprietary Name |
| IP | Implementing Partner |
| IRRF | Integrated Results and Reporting Framework |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| IVD | In-vitro Diagnostic Product |
| LDC | Least Developed Country |
| LEA | Legal Environment Assessment |
| LFA | Local Fund Agent |
| LLIN | Long-Lasting Insecticide-Treated Net |
| LMIS | Logistics Management Information Systems |
| LO | Legal Office |
| LoHP | List of Health Products, Quantities and Related Costs |
| LPAC | Local Project Appraisal Committee |
| LTA | Long Term Agreement, Long Term Agreements |
| MACD | Modular Approach and Costing Dimension |
| MDR-TB | Multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MESS | Monitoring and Evaluation System Assessment |
| MIS | Malaria Indicator Survey |
| ML | Management Letter, Management Letters |
| MPTA | MDR-TB Procurement Request Form and Technical Agreement |
| MSM | Men who Have Sex with Other Men |
| NCD | Non-communicable Disease |
| NFM | Global Fund new Funding Model |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
| NIM | National Implementation Modality |
| NSP | National Strategic Plan |
| NSPS | National Salary Payment Schemes |
| NSSS | National Salary Supplementation Scheme |
| OAI | Office of Audit and Investigations |
| OAPI | African Organization of Intellectual Property |
| OIG | Office of Inspector General |
| OPN | Operational Policy Note |
| OSDV | On-site Data Verification |
| PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
| PAP | Procurement Action Plan, Procurement planning Tool |
| PCA | Project Clearing Account |
| PDR | Project Delivery Report |
| PE | Performance Evaluation |
| PF | Performance Framework |
| PHPM | Pharmaceutical and Health Products Management |
| PIC/S | Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme |
| PMU | Project Management Unit |
| PLHIV | People Living with HIV |
| PQR | Price and Quality Reporting |
| PO | Purchase Order |
| POPP | Programme and Operations Policies and Procedures |
| PPE | Property, Plant and Equipment |
| PPM | Pooled Procurement Mechanism |
| PR | Principal Recipient |
| PSM | Procurement and Supply Management |
| PSU | Procurement Services Unit |
| PU | Progress Update |
| PU/DR | Progress Update/Disbursement Request |
| PWID | People who Inject Drugs |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QAP | Quality Assurance Plan |
| QC | Quality Control |
| RACP | Regional Advisory Committee on Procurement |
| RBM | Results-based Management |
| RFQ | Request for Quotation |
| RFP | Request for Proposal |
| ROAR | Results-oriented Annual Report |
| RP | Responsible Party |
| SB | Summary Budget |
| SBAA | Standard Basic Assistance Agreement, Standard Basic Assistance Agreements |
| SC | Special Condition |
| S&D | Stigma and Discrimination |
| SDA | Service Delivery Area |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal, Sustainable Development Goals |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedures |
| SPA | Senior Programme Advisor |
| SR | Sub-recipient |
| SRA | Stringent Regulatory Authorities |
| SSR | Sub-sub-recipient |
| STC | Standard Terms and Conditions |
| TA | Technical Assistance |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TLE | Efavirenz + Lamivudine + Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate |
| TRIPS | Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights |
| TRP | Technical Review Panel |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDG | United Nations Development Group |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| VCT | Voluntary Counseling and Testing |
| VfM | Value for Money |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WPTM | Work Plan Tracking Measure, Work Plan Tracking Measures |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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