Communities Changing Children's Lives

GLOSSARY

FREQUENTLY USED ACRONYMS

ART

Antiretroviral treatment

ARV

Antiretroviral

CBCC

Community-based childcare center

CBO

Community-based organization

CHH

Child-headed households

CLWHA

Child Living with HIV/AIDS

ESA

Economic strengthening activities

GO

Government organization

HBC

Home-based care (for people living with HIV/AIDS)

IEC

Information, education, and communication

IGA

Income-generating activity

INGO

International non-governmental organization

MDG

Millennium Development Goals

META

Monitoring, Evaluation & Technical Assistance

MTCT

Mother-to-child transmission

MVC

Most vulnerable children

M&E

Monitoring and evaluation

NGO

Non-governmental organization

OVC

Orphaned and vulnerable children

PLWHA

People living with HIV/AIDS

PMTCT

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

PSS

Psychosocial support

TA

Technical assistance

SE

Social entrepreneur

SMME

Small, medium and micro-enterprises

S&RH

Sexual and reproductive health

VCT

Voluntary counseling and testing for HIV

 

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