| ACTG |
AIDS
Clinical Trials Group |
| ADA |
Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 |
| ADC |
AIDS
Dementia Complex |
| ACTIS |
AIDS
Clinical Trials Information Service |
| ADAP |
AIDS
Drug Assistance Programs |
| AETC |
AIDS
Education Training Center |
| AHCPR |
Agency
for Health Care Policy and Research |
| AIDS |
Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMCHP |
Association
of Maternal & Child Health Programs |
| AOD |
Alcohol
and Other Drugs |
| APCD |
Associate
Peace Corps Directors |
| ASBPO |
Armed
Services Blood Program Office |
| ASO |
AIDS
Service Organization |
| ATIS |
HIV/AIDS
Treatment Information Service |
| ATOD |
Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Other Drugs |
| ATP |
Advanced
Technology Program (Department of Commerce) |
| AZT |
Retrovir(TM),
Zidovudine |
| BOP |
Bureau
of Prisons (DOJ) |
| BRTA |
Business
Responds to AIDS |
| CARE |
Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act |
| CDBG |
Community
Development Block Grant |
| CDC |
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CMV |
Cytomegalovirus |
| CNS |
Central
Nervous System |
| CPCRA |
The
Terry Beirn Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS |
| CSHE |
Comprehensive
School Health Education |
| CTRPN |
Counselling,
Testing, Referral and Partner Notification |
| DEA |
Drug
Enforcement Agency |
| DHHS |
Department
of Health and Human Services |
| DOD |
Department
of Defense |
| DOE |
Department
of Energy |
| DOJ |
Department
of Justice |
| DOL |
Department
of Labor |
| EDC |
Educational
Development Center |
| EEOC |
Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission |
| ELISA |
Enzyme-Linked
Immunosorbant Assay |
| FDA |
Food
and Drug Administration |
| FEGLI |
Federal
Employees Group Life Insurance Program |
| FBI |
Federal
Bureau of Investigation |
| FIC |
Fogarty
International Center |
| GCRC |
General
Clinical Research Centers |
| GIPA |
Greater
Involvement of Persons Infected and Affected by HIV/AIDS |
| HCFA |
Health
Care Financing Administration |
| HCSUS |
HIV
Costs and Service Utilization Study |
| HCW |
Health
Care Worker |
| HERS |
HIV
Epidemiological Research Study |
| HIV |
Human
Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HOPWA |
Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS |
| HRSA |
Health
Resources and Services Administration |
| HSV |
Herpes
Simplex Virus |
| HUD |
Department
of Housing and Urban Development |
| ICD |
Institute(s),
Center(s), Division(s) (NIH) |
| IDTF |
Interdepartmental
Task Force on HIV and AIDS |
| IHS |
Indian
Health Service |
| INS |
Immigration
and Naturalization Service |
| IOM |
Institute
of Medicine |
| JMD |
Justice
Management Division (DOJ) |
| KDA |
Knowledge
Development Application (SAMHSA) |
| KS |
Kaposi's
Sarcoma |
| LRTA |
Labor
Responds to AIDS |
| MAC |
Mycobacterium
Avium Complex |
| MACS |
Multicenter
AIDS Cohort Study |
| MCH |
Maternal
and Child Health |
| MCHB |
Maternal
and Child Health Bureau |
| MDB |
Multilateral
Development Banks |
| NA |
Not
Applicable |
| NCRR |
National
Center for Research Resources |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental
Organization |
| NIA |
National
Institute on Aging |
| NIDA |
National
Institute on Drug Abuse |
| NIDR |
National
Institute of Dental Research |
| NIH |
National
Institutes of Health |
| NIMH |
National
Institute for Mental Health |
| NREN |
National
Research and Education Network |
| NSSC |
National
Senior Service Corps |
| NVC |
National
Victims Center |
| OAR |
Office
of AIDS Research |
| OCR |
Office
of Civil Rights |
| ODP |
Outreach
Demonstration Program |
| OHAP |
Office
of HIV/AIDS Policy (DHHS) |
| OI |
Opportunistic
Infection |
| OIH |
Office
of International Health (DHHS) |
| OMB |
Office
of Management and Budget |
| OMS |
Office
of Medical Services (Peace Corps) |
| ONAP |
Office
of National AIDS Policy |
| ONDCP |
Office
of National Drug Control Policy |
| OPM |
Office
of Personnel Management |
| OSHA |
Office
of Safety and Health Administration |
| PAC |
Presidential
Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS |
| PAHO |
Pan
American Health Organization |
| PBMC |
Peripheral
Blood Monocytes |
| PCP |
Pneumocystis
carinii pneumonia |
| PHS |
Public
Health Service |
| PLWA |
Person
Living With AIDS |
| PLWH |
Person
Living With HIV |
| PSA |
Public
Service Announcement |
| PTO |
Patent
and Trademark Office |
| PVO |
Private
Voluntary Organization |
| PWA |
Person
with AIDS |
| R&E |
Research
& Experimentation |
| RFA |
Request
for Application |
| RNA |
Ribonucleic
acid |
| RFI |
Research
Facilities Infrastructure Program (NIH) |
| RPRC |
Regional
Primate Research Center (NIH) |
| RWCA |
Ryan
White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act |
| SAMHSA |
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
| SCID |
Severe
Combined Immune Deficiency |
| SHIPP |
School
Health Information Planning Program |
| SPF |
Specific
Pathogen-Free |
| SPNS |
Special
Projects of National Significance |
| SSA |
Social
Security Administration |
| SSI |
Supplemental
Security Income |
| STD |
Sexually
Transmitted Disease |
| STI |
Sexually
Transmitted Infection |
| TA |
Technical
Assistance |
| TB |
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis |
| UNAIDS |
The
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDP |
United
Nations Development Program |
| UNFPA |
United
Nations Population Fund |
| UNICEF |
United
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund |
| USAID |
U.S.
Agency for International Development |
| USG |
United
States Government |
| USIA |
U.S.
Information Agency |
| USMS |
U.S.
Marshals Service |
| VA |
Department
of Veterans Affairs |
| VAMC |
Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers |
| WHO |
World
Health Organization |
| WIHS |
Women's
Interagency HIV Study |
| WIN |
Women's
Initiative for HIV Care for Women and Reduction of Perinatal Transmission |
