Page 33 Young people participating in India’s Red Ribbon Club programme for HIV prevention walk in Chandrapur District, Maharashtra. The club is a voluntary forum for providing HIV information in villages. © UNICEF/INDA2011-00068/Crouch
AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
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ART
antiretroviral therapy
At a youth centre in Moundou, Chad, a girl laughs during a skit on HIV prevention. The centre teaches adolescents how to protect themselves against the virus and offers HIV testing. © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-2156/Esteve
ARV
antiretroviral (drug)
CD4
cluster of differentiation or designation 4:
Adolescents attend an HIV and AIDS awareness and prevention workshop in the indigenous Shipibo-Conibo community of Nuevo Saposoa in the Ucayali Region in the Peruvian Amazon. © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-2084/Markisz A girl attends a workshop for HIV and AIDS peer educators at a UNICEF-supported social service centre in the city of Aden, Yemen. © UNICEF/NYHQ2007-1660/Pirozzi
ACRONYMS
white blood count measure of eligibility for ART treatment CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DHS
Demographic and Health Surveys
EGPAF
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
EID
early infant diagnosis (of HIV)
Page 39 An eleven-year-old boy, whose parents died of AIDS-related causes, at the home of his uncle in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The child was expelled from his aunt’s home when she learned he is living with HIV. © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0759/Asselin
EMTCT
elimination of mother-to-child transmission (of HIV)
GARPR
Global AIDS Response Progress Reporting
GFATM
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
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HPV
human papillomavirus
A 15-year-old girl, who is living with HIV, writes on the wall of the abandoned house she shares with her family in Zanzibar Island, Tanzania. © UNICEF/NYHQ2010-1842/Noorani
IATT
Interagency Task Team
ILO
International Labour Organization
MCH
maternal and child health
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MICS
Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
NEPAD
New Partnership for Africa’s Development
Page 44 Tent for the provision of antiretroviral treatment (ART) in Chiaquelane Camp, Chokwé district, Mozambique. © UNICEF Mozambique/2013
NGO
non-governmental organization
PEPFAR
(United States) President’s Emergency Plan for
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PMTCT
prevention of mother-to-child transmission (of HIV)
SMS
short message service (text messaging)
TB
tuberculosis
UNAIDS
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
Pages 40–41 A woman who lives with HIV and her granddaughter, aged 14, at home in their village south of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. They are one of many families benefitting from social support. © UNICEF/ZIMA2011-00003/Pirozzi
A nurse in Ouham Prefecture, Central African Republic, carries an orphaned child whose mother died of AIDS-related causes. The nurse is now caring for the child. © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-0814/Grarup A woman living with HIV speaks to UNICEF staff in the Bouldougu slum on the outskirts of Djibouti City. © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1357/Takahashi A sixteen-year-old girl looks out over the displacement camp where she lives in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She is pregnant and living with HIV. © UNICEF/NYHQ2011-1324/Dormino
AIDS Relief
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
UNODC
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
VMMC
voluntary medical male circumcision
WFP
World Food Programme
WHO
World Health Organization