| AIDS
|
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome;
the last and most severe stage of the clinical spectrum of HIV-related
diseases |
| AWP/B
|
Annual workplan and budget |
| CBO
|
Community-based organization
|
| CKDAP
|
Central Kenya Dry Area Smallholder and
Community Services Development Project |
| COSOP
|
Country strategic opportunities paper
|
| CPM
|
Country portfolio manager |
| Dependency
ratio |
Population aged less than 15 and over
65 (dependent population), divided by the population aged 15 to
64 (productive population) |
| FAL
|
Functional adult literacy |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of
the United Nations |
| GTZ
|
Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit
(German Technical Cooperation) |
| HIV
|
Human immunodeficiency virus; a retrovirus
that damages the human immune system thus permitting opportunistic
infections to cause eventually fatal diseases. The causal agent
for AIDS. |
| HIV
incidence |
Number of new cases of HIV occurring
in a population during a given period of time, usually a year
|
| HIV
prevalence |
Total number of persons living with
HIV at any given moment in time |
| IEC
|
Information, education and communication
|
| IPM
|
Integrated pest management |
| Life
expectancy at birth |
The average number of years a group
of people born in the same year can be expected to live if mortality
at each age remains constant in the future |
| MFIs
|
Microfinance institutions |
| NAC
|
National Aids commission |
| NGOs
|
Non-governmental organizations
|
| PRA
|
Participatory rural appraisal
|
| STIs
|
Sexually transmitted infections
|
| UWESO
|
Uganda Women’s Effort to Save Orphans
|
| UNAIDS
|
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
|
| UNDCP
|
United Nations International Drug Control
Programme |
| UNOPS
|
United Nations Office for Project Services
|
| USCS
|
UWESO Savings and Credit Scheme
|
| VODP
|
Vegetable Oil Development Project
|
| WFP
|
World Food Programme |
