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 |