Acronyms

AA-HA!Global Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents Framework
AIDSAcquired immunodeficiency syndrome
APRA Promise Renewed
ASRHAdolescent sexual and reproductive health
BMIBody mass index
CARICOMCaribbean Community
CDCCenters for Disease Control and Prevention
CICADInter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission
CLADEMLatin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women’s Rights
CLAPLatin American Center for Perinatology, Women and Reproductive Health
COMISCAConsejo de Ministros de Salud de Centroamérica [Council of Ministers of Health of Central America]
CRCCommittee on the Rights of the Child
CSEComprehensive sexuality education
DALDisability-adjusted life year
DHSDemographic and Health Surveys
DMFTDecayed, missing, and filled teeth (index)
DPaTDiphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus vaccine
ECLACEconomic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EWECEvery Woman Every Child
FGLFamily, Gender and Life Course Department (PAHO)
FCTCFramework Convention on Tobacco Control
GBDGlobal Burden of Disease
GSHSGlobal School-based Student Health Survey
GYTSGlobal Youth Tobacco Survey
HEDHeavy episodic drinking
HIVHuman immunodeficiency virus
HPVHuman papillomavirus
IDBInter-American Development Bank
IHMEInstitute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
ILOInternational Labour Organization
IMANIntegrated Management of Adolescent Needs
IPPFInternational Planned Parenthood Federation
LACLatin America and the Caribbean
LGBLesbian, gay, and bisexual
LGBTLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
MICSMultiple Indicator Cluster Surveys
MSMMen who have sex with men
NCDNoncommunicable disease
NEETNot in education, employment, or training
NGONongovernmental organization
OASOrganization of American States
OCTsOverseas Caribbean territories
OIDInter-American Observatory on Drugs
ORAS - CONHUOrganismo Andino de Salud - Convenio Hipólito Unanue [Andean Health System - Hipólito Unanue Convention]
PAHOPan American Health Organization
SDGsSustainable Development Goals
SDHSocial determinant of health
SESSocioeconomic status
SGBVSexual and gender-based violence
SIASistema Informático del Adolescente [Adolescent Information System]
SRHSexual and reproductive health
SRHRSexual and reproductive health and rights
STISexually transmitted infection
TdTetanus and diphtheria vaccine
UNUnited Nations
UNESCOUnited Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPAUnited Nations Population Fund
UNICEFUnited Nations Children’s Fund
UNODCUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
YLDYears of life lost due to disability
YLLYears of life lost due to premature mortality
YRBSYouth Risk Behavior Survey
WHOWorld Health Organization