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Acronyms


ACF

Action Contre la Faim

ARI

acute respiratory infection

BMI

body mass index

CBGMP

community-based growth monitoring and promotion

CBO

community-based organization

CBTC

community-based therapeutic care

CGP

community growth promoter

CHW

community health worker

CSB

corn soya blend

DSM

dried skim milk

EWS

early warning system

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

FEWS NET

Famine Early Warning System Network

FFW

food for work

FIVIMS

Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems

FSAU

Food Security Assessment Unit (Somalia)

GIEWS

Global Information and Early Warning System on Food and Agriculture

HEA

household economy approach

HFA

height for age

HIV/AIDS

human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

IDD

iodine deficiency disease

IDP

internally displaced person

IGAD

Intergovernmental Authority on Development

ITK

indigenous technical knowledge

KAPP

knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices

MSF

Médecins sans Frontières

MUAC

middle-upper-arm circumference

NGO

non-governmental organization

OCHA

Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs

PRA

participatory rural appraisal

PLA

participatory learning and action

PLWHA

people living with HIV/AIDS

RRA

rapid rural appraisal

SADC

Southern Africa Development Community

SCF

Save the Children Fund

SFP

supplementary feeding programme

SRCS

Somali Red Crescent Society

STD

sexually transmitted disease

SWOT

strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats

TB

tuberculosis

TBA

trained birth attendant

TFP

therapeutic feeding programme

UN

United Nations

UNHCR

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

URI

upper respiratory infection

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

VCT

voluntary counselling and testing

WFH

weight-for-height

WFA

weight-for-age

WFP

World Food Programme of the United Nations

WHO

World Health Organization


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