| ACHIPIA |
Chilean Agency for Food Safety |
| AECID |
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation |
| AFRO |
WHO Regional Office for Africa |
| AIDS |
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| AMRO |
WHO Regional Office for the Americas |
| AyA |
Institute of Water Supply and Sewerage Systems (Costa Rica)
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| CAFTA-DR |
United States–Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement |
| CAREC |
Caribbean Epidemiology Center |
| CCSD |
Centers for health coordination during disasters (Costa Rica) |
| CCSS |
Costa Rican Social Security Fund |
| CDC |
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CERF |
United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund
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| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CLAP/SMR |
Latin American Center for Perinatalology/Women’s and Reproductive Health |
| CNE |
National Commission of Risk Prevention and Emergency Care (Costa Rica)
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| CONASAN |
National Council on Food and Nutritional Security (El Salvador)
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| CONASEVI |
National Commission on Road Safety (El Salvador) |
| CONPES |
National Council on Economic and Social Policy (Colombia) |
| COSEVI |
Road Safety Council (Costa Rica) |
| DIPECHO |
Disaster Preparedness ECHO (European Commission) |
| ECHO |
Humanitarian Aid department (European Commission) |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EMRO |
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency (United States) |
| EURO |
WHO Regional Office for Europe |
| EMS |
Event management site (IHR) |
| EVIPNET |
Evidence-Informed Policy Network |
| DFID |
UK Department for International Development |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FCTC |
WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
| FOCARD-PHC |
Forum for Central America and the Dominican Republic on Drinking Water and Sanitation |
| FONASA |
National Health Fund (Uruguay) |
| FVP |
Faces, Voices, and Places of the MDGs |
| GOARN |
Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network |
| GDP |
Gross domestic product |
| HIV |
Human immunodeficiency virus |
| IAFA |
Institute on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (Costa Rica) |
| IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IGSS |
Guatemalan Social Security Institute |
| IHR |
International Health Regulations |
| IHSDN |
Integrated health service delivery networks |
| ILO |
International Labor Organization |
| IMCI |
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness |
| INCAP |
Nutrition Institute of Central America and Panama |
| LGBT |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender |
| LSS/SUMA |
Logistics Support System/Supply Management System |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goals |
| NFP |
National focal points (IHR) |
| NGO |
Nongovernmental organization |
| NIOSH |
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (United States) |
| NORAD |
Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OCHA |
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| PAHEF |
Pan American Health and Education Foundation |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| Panaftosa |
Pan American Foot and Mouth Disease Center |
| PANDRH |
Pan American Network for Drug Regulatory Harmonization |
| PCR |
Polymerase chain reaction |
| PERC |
Production, Efficiency, Resources, and Cost |
| PMNCH |
Partnership for Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health |
| RAVREDA |
Amazon Network for the Surveillance of Anti-malarial Drug Resistance |
| RS10 |
Road Safety in 10 Countries |
| SAFE |
Surgery, Antibiotics, Facial cleanliness, and Environmental improvement |
| SGSSS |
General System of Social Security in Health (Colombia) |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SIP |
Perinatal Information System |
| SIVE |
National Epidemiological Surveillance System (Ecuador) |
| SOG |
Free Obstetric Care (Haiti) |
| STI |
Sexually transmitted infection |
| SUN |
Sustainable United Nations |
| TCC |
Technical Cooperation among Countries |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAIDS |
United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS |
| UNASUR |
Union of South American Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| UN-HABITAT |
United Nations Human Settlements Program |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNIBAM |
United Belize Advocacy Movement |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIFEM |
United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| UNISDR |
International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| UNODC |
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNOPS |
United Nations Office for Project Services |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| WFP |
World Food Program |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
