А

  • AC – analytical center
  • ACF – All-Ukrainian Charitable Fund
  • ACO – All-Ukrainian Charitable Organization
  • AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
  • APO – All-Ukrainian Public Organization
  • ART – antiretroviral therapy
  • ARV medications – antiretroviral medications
  • ATD – Anti-tuberculosis Dispensary
  • ATO – Anti-Terrorist Operation

B

  • BCG – Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine, vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis

C

  • CDH – Central District Hospital
  • CES – Criminal Executive Service
  • CH – Charitable Foundation
  • CNPS –Chernobyl nuclear power station
  • CO – Community organization
  • CPC – Center primary care
  • CPH – centres of Public Health
  • CSSFCY – Centers of social services for family, children and youth
  • CSW – Commercial Sex Workers
  • CT – counseling and testing
  • CT or CAT scans – computed tomography scan

D

  • DC – Department of Corrections
  • DF – Department of Health
  • DLC – Difficult Life Circumstances
  • DPT (also DTP and DTwP) – class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus

E

  • EC –educational colony/ CC – correctional colony/ CF– correctional facility
  • ECG or EKG – Electrocardiography
  • ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
  • EU – European Union
  • EITor ET – External independent evaluation or External independent testing

F

  • FGD – focus group discussion
  • FH – foster home (ПС – укр.)
  • FM or FP – Family medicine, formerly family practice
  • FMS – feldsher-midwife station
  • FO – family-type orphanage

G

  • GBV – Gender-Based Violence
  • GEE – general educational establishments
  • Global Fund(GFATM) – Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

H

  • HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • HIV/AIDS Centre – Centre for Disease Prevention and Control of AIDS
  • HR – harm reduction

I

  • IC – information campaign
  • IDP – internally displaced person
  • IDU – injecting drug user
  • IEC materials – Information, Education and Communication (IEC) materials
  • IHE – Institutions of Higher Education
  • IM – information materials
  • INGO – International non-governmental organization

L

  • LG – Local government
  • LGBT – Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people

M

  • МI – municipal institution
  • MM – mass media
  • MOH – Ministry of Health
  • MRI – Magnetic resonance imaging
  • MSEC – medico-social expert commission
  • MSM – men who have sex with men
  • MU – Medical ultrasound
  • M&E – monitoring and evaluation)

N

  • ND – narcological dispensary
  • NGO – non-government organization
  • NPS – nuclear power station
  • NRS – nuclear and radiation safety

P

  • PATH – Program for Advanced Technologies in Health
  • PC – Primary care
  • PEP – Post-exposure Prophylaxis
  • PLWH – people living with HIV
  • PP – prevention projects
  • PS – Preschool
  • РСS – health care setting

S

  • SAU – sociological association of Ukraine
  • SD – stigma and discrimination
  • SE – Social enterprise
  • SHCU – Specialized health-care unit
  • SIZO – detention facility
  • SLSW – Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare
  • SMT – Substitution maintenance therapy
  • SPS – socio-psychological service
  • STD – sexually transmitted disease
  • STI clinic – Sexually transmitted infections clinic
  • SW – sex workers

T

  • TA – target audience
  • TB – tuberculosis
  • TP – Trust point

U

  • UN – United Nations
  • UNDP – UN Development Programme
  • UNFPA – UN Population Fund
  • UNGASS – UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS
  • UNICEF – UN Children’s Fund
  • USAID – United States Agency for International Development

V

  • VCT – voluntary counseling and testing
  • VG – vulnerable groups

W

  • WCS – women involved in commercial sex
  • WHO – World Health Organization
  • WIG – Women’s initiative group

Y

  • YFC – youth friendly clinics