Medical Abbreviations and full forms

A

ABG                         Arterial Blood Gas

ABS                         American Board of Surgery

ACGME                   Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

ACS                         America College of Surgeons

ACS                         Acute Coronary Syndrome

ADCC                      Antibody-Dependent Cell-mediated cytotoxicity

AIDS                       Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

AIIMS                     All India Institute of Medical Sciences

ANM                       Auxiliary Nurse Midwife

ASHA                      Accredited Social Health Activist

AYUSH                   Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy

ABC                        Airway, Breathing, and Circulation

ACDF                      Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Fusion

AIDS                       Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ANC                        Ante Natal Care

API                          Annual Parasite Incidence

APPLE                     Aids Prevention and Positive Living Programme

APRP                      Autologous Platelets Rich Plasma

ALA                       Autologous Lipo Aspiration

ALIF                      Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

ALAT                      Autologous Lipo Aspirate Therapy

ARCHI                    African Red Cross/Red Crescent Health Initiative

ARDS                     Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ARF                        Acute Renal Failure

ARDS                      Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

ASDH                     Acute Subdural Hematoma

ARI                         Acute Respiratory Infection

ART                         Anti Retroviral Treatment (against HIV/AIDS)

ARV                        Anti Retro Viral

ATLS                       Advanced Trauma Life Support

AJCC                       American Joint Committee on Cancer

AHA                        American Heart Association

AANS                     American Association of  Neurological Surgeons

ASCCP                    American Society   for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology

ASIA                       American Spinal Injury Association

ASSH                      American Society for  Surgery of  the  Hand

AVM                       Arteriovenous malformations

AWB                       Air Way Bill

AAR                        Abstract Asset Register

ACASH                   Association of Corporation & Apex Society of Handloom

Admin                    Administration

A/L                         Amendment Letter

AMC                     Annual Maintenance Contract

ASO                    Assistant Store Officer

ATE                     Advertised Tender Enquiry

AWB                   Airway Bill

B

BARI     Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation

BBT       Basal Body Temperature

BCC       Behaviour Change Communications

BCAA    Brain Chained Amino Acids

BCG       Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine against TB

BMAT   Bone Marrow Aspirate Therapy

BPI        Better Programming Initiative

BoD       Burden of Disease

BG                      Bank Guarantee

B/L                      Bill of Landing

BS                      Bid Security

BIS                     Bureau of Indian Standards

C

CA                      Chartered Accountant

CAG                   Comptroller and Auditor General of India

CCI                    Competition Commission of India

CD                     Custom Duty

CIP                    Carriage and Insurance Paid

CAMC                Comprehensive Annual Maintenance Contract

CPO                  Chief Procurement Officer

CPPP               Central Public Procurement Portal

CPWD              Central Public Works Department

CS                    Comparative Statement

CV                   Curriculum Vitae

CVC                Central Vigilance Commission

CVO               Chief Vigilance Officer

CBO                        Community Based Organizations

CVA                        CerebroVascular Accident

CABG                      Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

CCS                         Country Cooperation Strategy

CDs                         Communicable Diseases

CHC                        Community Health Centre

CIFF                        Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

CSDH                     Commission on Social Determinants of Health

CBW                      Chemical and Biological Warfare

CDC                       Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (in the US)

CDD                       Control of Diarrhoeal Disease

CFR                        Case-Fatality Rates

CHD                       Community Health Doctor

CHEs                      Complex Humanitarian Emergencies

CHN                       Community Health Nurse

CHV                       Community Health Volunteer

CHW                      Community Health Worker

CMR                      Crude Mortality Rate

CNS                       Central Nervous System

CCS                        Country Cooperation Strategy

CDs                       Communicable Diseases

CHC                      Community Health Centre

CIFF                      Children’s Investment Fund Foundation

CSDH                   Commission on Social Determinants of Health

CQI                       Customer Quality Information

CSO                      Central statistics office

CSF                       Cerebrospinal fluids

CSV                       Comma Separated Values

CCDS                    Climate Change and Development Strategy

CCK                       Cholecystokinin

CMC                     Carpometacarpal

CT                        Computed Tomography

CTA                     Computed Tomography Angiography

CPAP                  Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

CRH                    Corticotropin-releasing hormone

CHF                    Congestive Heart Failure

CDCDS               Country Development Cooperation Strategy

CII                      Centre for accelerating Innovation Impact

CIP                     Center for Innovations and Partnership

Co2                    Carbon Dioxide

CSR                    Corporate Social Responsibility

CMS                   Central Medical Store

CSSC                  Christian Social Services Commission

E

EEG        Electroencephalography

ECPs      Emergency Contraceptive Pills

ECF        Extracellular fluids

EmOC    Emergency Obstetrical Care

ENN       Emergency Nutrition Network

EOC        Emergency Obstetric Care

EPI          Expended Programme for Immunisation

ERU        Emergency Response Units

EWS        Early Warning System

ED           Essential Drugs

EDL          Essential Drugs List

EPI           Expanded Programme on Immunisation

EMR        Endoscopic Mucosal Resection

ERCP       Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography

ESWL      Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy

ETO         Ethylene oxide sterilization

ECS         Electronic Clearing System

EOI          Expression of Interest

ESD         Engineering Service Division

EXW         EX. Works

FA             Financial Advisor

F&AO           Finance and Account Officer

FCA              Free Carrier

FDR             Fixed Deposit Receipt

FDAS           Free Delivery At Site

FIFO           First In First Out

FOB           Free On Board

FPS           Foot Pound Second System of Measurement

FACT        Field Assessment and Coordination Teams

FAP           Familial Adenomatous  Polyposis

FBC           Food Basket Calculator

FDC         Fixed Dose Combination

FEFO         First Expiry, First Out

FFW          Food for Work

FGM          Female Genital Mutilation

FP              Family Planning

FTE            Full-time Equivalent

FBO           Faith-Based Organization

FFP            Fresh Frozen Plasma

FAST          Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma

FDG-PET    Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

FRC             Functional residual capacity

G

GERD          Gastroesophageal reflux diseases

GIST            Gastrointestinal stromal tumors

GABA          Gamma-aminobutyric acid

GNRI           Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index

GnRH          Gonadotropin-releasing hormone

GFR             General Food Ration

GIT              Gastro-Intestinal Tract

GAVI           Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation

GDP             Gross Domestic Product

GFATM        Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

GM              Growth Monitoring

GIS               Geographic Information System

GPS              Global Positioning System

GB                Governing Body

GCC             General Conditions of Contract

GeM               Government e-Marketplace

GFR                General Finance Rules

GIB                General Instruction to Bidders

GMP              Good Manufacturing Practices

GOI               Government of India

Govt.            Government

GST            Goods and Service Tax

H

HIV               Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HLEG            High-Level Expert Group

HMIS            Health Management Information System

HAART          Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy against HIV/AIDS

HAC               Humanitarian Action in Crisis/WHO

HBV               Hepatitis B Virus

HEICS             Emergency Incident Command System

HIS                 Health Information System

HIT                 Health Information Team

HFA                Health Facility Assessment

HMIS              Health Management Information System

HTML             HyperText Markup Language

HAI                 Healthcare-associated infections

HCF                 Health-care facility/facilities

HLS                 Humanitarian Logistics System

HPV                Human Papilloma Virus

hr                    hour

HW                  Health Worker

Hb                    Haemoglobin

HNPCC             Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer

HNS                  Home Nutritional Support

HLA                   Histocompatibility antigens

I

ICP         Intra Cranial Pressure

ICF          Intracellular Fluid

IHR         International Health Regulations

IMR        Infant Mortality Rate

IAEA       International Atomic Energy Commission

IATA       International Air Transport Association

ICD         International Classification of Diseases

IDU         Intravenous Drug Users

ICG         Interagency Coordinating Group (WHO/meningitis)

ICRC       International Committee of the Red Cross

ICU         Intensive Care Unit

ICVA       International Council of Voluntary Agencies

IDU         Intravenous Drug Users

IDP         Internally Displaced Person

IEC          Information Education and Communication

IHFAN    International Health Facility Assessment Network

INA         Instant Nutritional Assessment

IMA        Intermittent mandatory ventilation

IPI           International Prognostic Index

ILP           Isolated Limb Perfusion

IPC           Infection prevention and control

IM            Intramuscular

IV             Intravenous

IEHK        Interagency Health Kit

IGO          Inter-Governmental Organisation

IHL           International Humanitarian Law

IMC          International Medical Corps

IMCI         Integrated Management of Child Health

INGO        International Non-Governmental Organisation

IPI             Intermittent Presumptive Treatment (malaria)

IPT            Intermittent Preventive Therapy

IRS            Indoor Residual Spraying

ISO            International Organisation for Standardisation

IT               Information Technology

ITNs           Insecticide Treated Nets

ITM          Treated Mosquito Material

IUATLD      International Union Against TB and Lung Diseases

IUD             Intra-Uterine Device

IV               Intra Venous (inj)

ICPD           International Conference on Population and Development

IUD            Intrauterine device

IDA            International Dispensary Association

IVF             In Vitro Fertilization

M

MRI            Magnetic resonance imaging

MRA           Magnetic resonance  angiography

MDG           Millennium Development Goals

MoH&FW   Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

MMR           Maternal Mortality Ratio

M&E             Monitoring and Evaluation

MCH            Maternal and Child Health

MCI              Mass Casualty Incident

MCM           Mass Casualty Management

MDG           Millennium Development Goals

MDR           Malaria Death Rate

MDR-TB     Multi-drug resistant therapy

MISP          Minimum Initial Service Package

MMR          Mass Miniature Radiography

MMR          Maternal Mortality Ratio

MoH           Ministry of Health

MoU           Memorandum of Understanding

MSF            Médicins Sans Frontières

MTCT          Mother To Child Transmission

MUAC         Mid-Upper-Arm-Circumference

MVA            Manual vacuum aspiration

mcg              microgram

MD               Mean Difference

min               minute

ml                 milliliter

MPA             Maternal and Perinatal Health & Preventing Unsafe Abortion

MPH             Master of Public Health

MCH             Mother and Child Health

MEDS            Mission for Essential Drugs and Supplies

MOH             Ministry of Health

MRSA            Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

MHMC           Midhumeral muscle circumference

MUST             Malnutrition universal screening tool

MODS            Multiple organ dysfunctions

MORE             Multiple outcomes of raloxifene

N

NGO        Non-Government Organisation

NACP       National AIDS Control Programme

NCDs        Noncommunicable Diseases

NGO         Nongovernmental Organization

NPSP        National Polio Surveillance Project

NRHM      National Rural Health Mission

NEHK        New Emergency Health Kit

NGHAs     Non-Governmental Humanitarian Agencies

NGO         Non-Governmental Organisation

NS            National Society

NSS           National Social Service scheme

NTU          Nephelometric Turbidity Units

NCC          National cadre crop

NICU         Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

NSAIDs      Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs

NSABP       National Surgical Adjuvant Breast projects

NPWT         Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

O

OOP            Out-of-Pocket

OGC            Open Geospatial Consortium

OI                Opportunistic Infection

OPV            Oral Polio Vaccine

ORS            Oral Rehydration Salt/Solution

ORT            Oral Rehydration Therapy

OVC            Orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS

OECD          Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

PPP             Purchasing Power Parity

P-P-P           Public-Private-Partnership

PAHO          Pan American Health Organisation

PEM             Protein-Energy Malnutrition

PFA               Psychological First Aid

PH                 Public Health

PHAST          Participatory Hygiene and Sanitation Transformation

PHC              Primary Health Care

PHN              Public Health Nurse

PLHIV            People Living With HIV

PLIF               Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion

PMTCT          Preventing Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS

PNC               Post-Natal Care

PMTCT          Preventing Mother-To-Child-Transmission

PSF                Pharmaciens Sans Frontières

PSP                Psycho-social Support Programme

PTCT              Parent To Child Transmission

PTSD              Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PV                   Per Vaginam

PBF                 Performance-based financing

PSI                  Population Services International

PPH                Postpartum Hemorrhage

PHC                Primary Health Care

PVC                 Poly Vinyl Chloride

PCA                 Patient-controlled analgesia

PCI                   Percutaneous coronary intervention

PTC                   Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

QMP                Quality Management Programme (blood)

QMT                Quality Management Training (blood)

R

RNTCP             Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme

RHRC              Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium

RR                   Relative risk

R&R                Rest and Recuperation

RRN                Relief and Rehabilitation Network

RVF                 Rift Valley Fever

RC/RC             Red Cross/ Red Crescent

RDRT              Regional Disaster Response Teams

RDT                Rapid Diagnostic Tests (for malaria)

RH                  Reproductive Health

RHA                Rapid Health Assessment

RCT                 Randomized controlled trial

RHR                Reproductive Health and Research

S

SAM               Services Availability Mapping

SARA             Service Availability and Readiness Assessment

SDMX            Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange

SPA                Service Provision Assessment

SQL                Structured Query Language

SC                  South-South Cooperation

STI                 Sexually Transmitted Infections

SAR               Search and Rescue

SAVE             Secondary Assessment of Victim Endpoint

Sd                  Shigella dysenteriae

SF                  Supplementary Feeding

SFP                Supplementary Feeding Programme

SGBV             Sexual Gender Based Violence

SMART          Standardised Monitoring of Relief and Transitions

SOP                Standard Operational Procedure

SP                   Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine

START            Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment

STD                Sexually Transmitted Disease

STI                  Sexually Transmitted Infection

SWOT             Strengths, Weaknesses, and Opportunities and Threat (analysis)

SRH                 sexual and reproductive health

SS                    Stainless Steel

S/S                  Sharp/Sharp

SSS                  Sugar Salt Solution

SCI                   Spinal Cord Injury

SSG                  Split Skin Graft

T

TB                              Tuberculosis

TALC                         Teaching Aids at Low Cost

TALL                         Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning

TB                             Tuberculosis

TBA                          Traditional Birth Attendant

TEE                           Transesophageal echocardiography

TDR                          Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

TFC                          Therapeutic Feeding Centre

TFP                          Therapeutic Feeding Programme

ThCMV                   Therapeutic vitamins and minerals

TLC                         Total Lymphocyte Count

TLIF                        Thoracic Lumbar Interbody Fusion

TENS                       Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

TH                          Traditional Healer

Full form of TT           Tetanus Toxoid vaccine

U

UHC                       Universal Health Coverage

UNDAF                  United Nations Development Assistance/Action Framework

URP                       Uniform Recall Period

U5MR                   Under-Five Mortality Rate

UNHCR                United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees

UHC                      Universal health coverage

UNICEF                 United Nation Children’s Fund

UNV                      United Nations Volunteer

USAID                   United States Agency for International Development

USCR                     United States Committee for Refugees

UTC                       Universal Time Co-ordinated

UNFPA                   United Nations Population Fund

USAID                    United States Agency for International Development

UNAIDS                Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNDP                   United Nations Development Programme

UUIDs                   Universally Unique Identifiers

VEN                      Vital, Essential, Non-essential

VPN                      Virtual Private Network

WFH                     Weight-For-Height

WFP                     World Food Programme

WHO                   World Health Organisation

WHO/AFRO        World Health Organization Africa Regional Office

WHO/EHA          WHO, Emergency, and Humanitarian Action

WMA                 World Medical Association

WMD                 Weapons of Mass Destruction

WMMR             Weekly Morbidity and Mortality Report

WSM                 World Swim for Malaria

WTO                 World Trade Organisation

XDR-TB            Extensive drug-resistant therapy

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