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