ACHR

Advisory Committee on Health Research [WHO]

ACMR

Advisory Committee on Medical Research [WHO]

ARCH

Applied Research on Child Health project

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BRAC

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

CAB

Community Advisory Board [Trinidad and Tobago]

CARIN

Central Asian Research Information Network

CARK

Central Asian republics and Kazakhstan

CCH

Caribbean Cooperation in Health initiative

CCMRC

Commonwealth Caribbean Medical Research Council

CEEC–NIS

Central and Eastern European countries and newly independent states

CEU

clinical-epidemiological unit

CGIAR

Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CHRC

Caribbean Health Research Council

CMRH

Conference of Ministers Responsible for Health [Caribbean]

COHRED

Council on Health Research for Development

CONICYT

Comisión Nacional de Investigación Cientifica y Tecnológica (national council for scientific and technological research)

DALY

disability-adjusted life years

ENHR

Essential National Health Research

EQUINET

Southern African Regional Network on Equity in Health

GDP

gross domestic product

GFHR

Global Forum for Health Research

GNP

gross national product

GTZ

Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (agency for technical cooperation)

HFA/2000

Health for All by the Year 2000 [WHO]

HNP

health, nutrition, and population

HRP

Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction

HSR

health-systems research

HST

Health Systems Trust

IAVI

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

ICTs

information and communication technologies

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IHPP

International Health Policy Program

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INCLEN

International Clinical Epidemiology Network

ISDS

Initiative for Sub-District Support

ISSP

Immunobiologicals Self-Sufficiency Program

LDCs

least-developed countries

MIM

Multilateral Initiative on Malaria

MOH

Ministry of Health [Burkina Faso]

NAID

Norwegian Agency for International Development

NGO

nongovernmental organization

NPCB

National Programme for Control of Blindness [India]

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PANSRI

Panay Self-Reliance Institute [Philippines]

PRIMA

Partage de risques maladie

R&D

research and development

S&T

science and technology

SAREC

Swedish Agency for Research Cooperation with Developing Countries

SCI

Science Citation Index

SCRPDC

Swiss Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries

SEACLEN

Southeast Asia Clinical Epidemiology Network

SEAMEO

Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

TDR

Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases

TEHIP

Tanzania Essential Health Intervention Project

TRIPs

Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights

TROPMED

Tropical Medicine and Public Health Center [SEAMEO]

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNHRO

Uganda National Health Research Organization

USD

United States dollars

VHL

Virtual Health Library [PAHO]

WHA

World Health Assembly

WHO

World Health Organization [United Nations]

WTO

World Trade Organization