The definitions below describe commonly used abbreviations and acronyms used in HIV/AIDS programs.
| 3TC | Lamivudine |
| ABC | abacavir |
| ABC model | Abstinence, Be Faithful, Correct and Consistent Use of Condoms |
| AFB | acid-fast bacilli |
| AFMC | Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India |
| AFRIMS | US Armed Forces Research Institute of Medical Services |
| AMO | assistant medical officer |
| ANA | Afghanistan National Army |
| ANC | antenatal clinic |
| AOR | Area of Responsibility |
| ART | antiretroviral therapy |
| ARV | antiretroviral |
| ASD/HA | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
| AVRC | Antiviral Research Center, UCSD, San Diego, CA USA |
| AZT | zifovundine |
| BAF | Benin Armed Forces |
| BCC | behavior change communication |
| BDF | Belize Defense Force, Botswana Defense Force |
| bid | twice a day |
| BOD | DHAPP Board of Directors |
| BOTUSA | joint project between CDC and Botswana government targeting HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment |
| BUMED | Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Washington, DC, USA |
| BUN | blood urea nitrogen |
| CAF | Cameroonian Armed Forces, Chadian Armed Forces, Congolese Armed Forces |
| CBC | complete blood count |
| CBO | community-based organization |
| CD4 | cluster of differentiation 4 |
| CHW | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA |
| CO | clinical officer |
| COE/DMHA | Center of Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance |
| COP | country operational plan |
| CRX/CSR | chest radiograph, chest x-ray |
| CT | counseling and testing |
| d4T | stavudine |
| DAO | Defense Attaché Office |
| DASD | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| ddI | didanosine |
| DHAPP | US Department of Defense HIV/AIDS Prevention Program |
| DoD | US Department of Defense |
| DPKO | UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations |
| DROC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DSCA | Defense Security Cooperation Agency |
| EDF | Eritrean Defense Force |
| EFV | efavirenz |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EP | Emergency Plan |
| ETDF | East Timor Defense Force |
| FAA | Angolan Armed Forces |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAT | Forces Armees Togolaises |
| FHI | Family Health International |
| FIC | Fogarty International Center |
| FISC | Fleet and Industrial Supply Center |
| FMF | Foreign Military Financing |
| FY | fiscal year |
| GAF | Gabonese Armed Forces, Ghana Armed Forces, Guinean Armed Forces |
| GAP | Global AIDS Program (CDC program) |
| GCP | good clinical practice |
| GDF | Guyana Defense Force |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| HAART | highly active antiretroviral therapy |
| HBC | home-based care |
| HCP | health care personnel |
| HHS | S Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC |
| HIV/AIDS | human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| HMIS | Health Management Information Systems |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD, USA |
| IAF | Indian Armed Forces |
| IAFMS | Indian Armed Forces Medical Services |
| ID | intravenous drug |
| IDI | Infectious Diseases Institute |
| IDU | intravenous drug user |
| IDV | indinavir |
| IEC | Information, Education, and Communication |
| IGA | income-generating activity |
| IGO | intergovernmental organization |
| IP | in patient |
| IT | information technology (computer support) |
| KAP | knowledge, attitudes, and practices survey |
| KAPB | knowledge, attitudes, practices, and behavior survey |
| KDF | Kyrgyzstan Defense Force |
| KDOD | Kenyan Department of Defense |
| KEMRI | Kenya Medical Research Institute, Nairobi |
| KS | Kaposi’s sarcoma |
| LDF | Lesotho Defense Force |
| LFT | liver function test |
| LIFE | Leadership and Investment in Fighting an Epidemic (est. 1999; changed
to DHAPP in CY01) |
| LPV | lopinavir |
| MAFCO | Malawi Armed Forces College |
| MAPP | Military Action and Prevention Program |
| MCDI | Medical Care Development International, Washington, DC, USA |
| MCH | maternal and child health |
| MCV | mean corpuscular volume |
| MDF | Malawi Defence Force |
| M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
| mg | milligrams |
| MIHTP | Military International HIV/AIDS Training Program |
| ml | milliliters |
| MO | medical officer |
| MOD | Ministry of Defense |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| MTCT | mother-to-child transmission |
| MVU | mobile video unit |
| NAF | Nigerian Armed Forces |
| NAMRU | Naval Medical Research Unit |
| NDF | Namibian Defense Force |
| NDFE | National Defense Force of Ethiopia |
| NFV | nelfinavir |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NHRC | Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, USA |
| NIAID | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, MD,
USA |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
| NIPO | Navy International Programs Office, Washington, DC, USA |
| NMCSD | Naval Medical Center San Diego, CA, USA |
| NMOD | Nigerian Ministry of Defense |
| NRCC | Naval Regional Contracting Center, Naples, Italy |
| NRTI | nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor |
| NUEY | National Union of Eritrean Youth |
| NVP | nevirapine |
| od | right eye |
| OGAC | Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator |
| OHP | Operation Haute Protection |
| OI | opportunistic infection |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense (USA) |
| OVC | orphans and vulnerable children |
| PCI | Project Concern International, San Diego, CA, USA |
| PCP | Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia |
| PEP | postexposure prophylaxis |
| PEPFAR | President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| PLWHA | people living with HIV/AIDS |
| PMMC | Phramongkutklao (PMK) Military Medical Center, Bangkok, Thailand |
| PMTCT | prevention of mother-to-child transmission |
| PNGDF | Papua New Guinea Defense Force |
| POC | point of contact |
| PSI | Population Services International, Washington, DC, USA |
| QA/QC | quality assurance/quality control |
| qd | every day |
| RAS | Russian Academy of Science |
| RDF | Rwanda Defense Forces |
| REEC | Remember Eliphas Education Centre, Rundu, Namibia |
| RN | registered nurse |
| RSLAF | Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces |
| RTA | Royal Thai Army |
| RTC | Regional Training Center |
| Rx | prescription drugs/medications |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SAMHS | South African Military Health Service |
| SANDF | South African National Defence Force |
| SDSU | San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA |
| SMA | Social Marketing Association |
| SOP | standard operating procedure |
| SOW | Statement of Work |
| STD | sexually transmitted disease |
| STI | sexually transmitted infection |
| TAF | Tajikistan Armed Forces |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| TB DOT | tuberculosis directly observed therapy |
| tid | three times a day |
| TNI | Tentara Nasional Indonesia (Indonesian Armed Forces) |
| UAF | Uzbekistan Armed Forces |
| UCSD | University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| UGX | Uganda shilling |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UPDF | Ugandan People’s Defense Force |
| USAID | US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA |
| USAF | US Air Force |
| USAMRU-K | US Army Medical Research Unit-Kenya |
| USCENTCOM | US Central Command |
| USD | US dollar |
| USEUCOM | US European Command |
| USDF | Umbutfo Swaziland Defense Force |
| USG | US Government |
| USPACOM | US Pacific Command |
| USSOUTHCOM | US Southern Command |
| USUHS | Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences |
| VCT | voluntary counseling and testing |
| WAHO | West African Health Organization |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA |
| WRJHP | Walter Reed-Johns Hopkins Cameroon Program |
| ZDF | Zambian Defense Force, Zimbabwe Defense Forces |