| ABC | Abstinence, Be faithful, or use Condoms |
| AGAII | Guatemalan Association of Indigenous Mayors and Authorities / Asociación Guatemalteca de Alcaldes y Autoridades Indígenas |
| AGEXPRONT | Association of Exporters of Non-traditional Products / Asociación Gremial de Exportadores de Productos no Tradicionales |
| AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| AIDSMark | Integrated Care of Prevalent Childhood Illnesses and Integrated Health Care for Women and Children at the Community Level / Atención Integral de las Enfermedades Prevalentes de la Infancia y Atención Integral de la Niñez y la Mujer a Nivel Comunitario |
| AIEPI AINM-C | Integrated Care of Prevalent Childhood Illnesses and Integrated Health Care for Women and Children at the Community Level / Atención Integral de las Enfermedades Prevalentes de la Infancia y Atención Integral de la Niñez y la Mujer a Nivel Comunitario |
| AMCHAM | American Chamber of Commerce in Guatemala |
| ANACAFE | National Coffee Producers' Association/ Asociación Nacional del Café |
| ANAM | Mayors’ National Association / Asociación Nacional de Alcaldes Municipales |
| APHIS | Animal Plant Health Inspection Service |
| APROFAM | Pro-Family Welfare Association / Asociación Pro-Bienestar de la Familia |
| ARP | AIDS Responsibility Project |
| ARV/ART | Antiretroviral/Antiretroviral treatment |
| ASIES | Research and Social Studies Association / Asociación de Investigación y Estudios Sociales |
| BCC | Behavior Change Communication |
| BSS | Behavior Surveillance Survey |
| CABEI | Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
| CCAD | Central American Commission for Environment and Development/Comisión Centroamericana de Ambiente y Desarrollo |
| CDC/GAP | Centers for Disease Control/Global AIDS Program |
| CENESIDA | Mexico’s National AIDS Program |
| CERCA | Civic Engagement for Education Reform in Central America |
| CICIACS | Commission for the Investigation of Illegal Bodies and Clandestine Security Apparatuses/Comisión de Investigación de Cuerpos Ilegales y Aparatos Clandestinos de Seguridad en Guatemala |
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIEN | National Economic Research Center / Centro de Investigaciones Económicas Nacionales |
| CONAP | National Council for Protected Areas / Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegidas |
| CONRED | National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction/Comisión Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres |
| CONTIERRA | Presidential Office for Legal Assistance and Conflict Resolution for Land/Comisión Nacional de Tierra |
| CSWs | Commercial Sex Workers |
| CTO | Cognizant Technical Officer |
| CY | Calendar Year |
| DAP | Development Assistance Programs |
| DCA | Development Credit Authority |
| EBI | Educación Bilingüe Intercultural |
| EURO | European Currency |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FAR | Fixed Amount Reimbursement |
| FBO | Faith Based Organization |
| FESAL | El Salvador Maternal Child Health Survey |
| FFP | Food for Peace |
| FFP/EP | Food for Peace Emergency Plan |
| FHI/IMPACT | Family Health International/Implementing AIDS Prevention and Control Activities |
| FONTIERRAS | Land Fund / Fondo de Tierras |
| FSN | Foreign Service National |
| FSW | Female Sex Workers |
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| FTAA | Free Trade Agreement of the Americas |
| FUNDESA | Development Foundation / Fundación para el Desarrollo |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| FYI | For your information |
| GDA | Global Development Alliance |
| GdG | Gobierno de Guatemala |
| GFATM | Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GHB | Global Health Bureau |
| GIISAN | Grupo Interinstitucional de Información sobre Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional |
| GIS | Geographical Information System |
| GOG | Government of Guatemala |
| GTZ | German Development Agency |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HIVOS | A Dutch PVO |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank) |
| ICITAP | International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IEC | Information, Education and Communications |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IGSS | Guatemalan Social Security Institute/Instituto Guatemalteco de Seguridad Social |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INCLE | International Crime and Law Enforcement |
| INL | International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau |
| INSIVUMEH | Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology, and Hydrology Institute of Guatemala/Instituto de Sismología, Volcanología, Meteorología e Hidrografía de Guatemala |
| IPR | Intellectual Propoerty Rights |
| IR | Intermediate Result |
| KAP | Knowledge-Attitude-Practice Survey |
| Kfw | German Cooperation Agency |
| LL/LLR | Lower Level / Lower Level Result |
| M:F | Male / Female |
| MEDRETE | Medical Readiness Training Exercise |
| MFEWS | Sistema Mesoamericano de Alerta Temprana para Seguridad Alimentaria |
| MINUGUA | United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala / Misión de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala |
| MIS | Management Information Systems |
| MOE | Ministry of Education |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| MOSCAMED | Med Fly Program with APHIS/Mosca del Mediterr´neo |
| MOU | Memo of Understanding |
| MSF | Medicos Sin Fronteras |
| MSM | Men who have sex with men |
| MSPAS | Ministerio de Salud Publica y Asistencia Social |
| MSW | Male sex worker |
| MTCT | Mother-to-child transmission |
| MYAP | Multi Year Assistance Program |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NAS | Narcotics Affairs Section |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organizations |
| OAS | Organization of American States |
| OFDA | Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OSDBU | Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization |
| OTI | Office of Transition Initiatives |
| PAHO | Pan-American Health Organization |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PASCA | Proyecto Acción SIDA de Centroamérica |
| PASMO | Pan American Social Marketing Organization |
| PL 480 | Public Law 480 |
| PLWHA | People living with HIV/AIDS |
| PMP | Performance Monitoring Plan |
| PMTCT | Prevention of Maternal to Child Transmission |
| PNC | Civilian National Police/Policia Nacional Civil |
| PREAL | Partnership for Educational Revitalization in the Americas |
| PRONACOM | National Program for Competitiveness / Programa Nacional para la Competitividad |
| PRONADE | National Program for Community-Managed Education / Programa Nacional de Autogestión Educativa |
| PSI | Population Services International |
| PVO | Public Voluntary Organization |
| RAAN | Northern Atlantic Autonomous Region |
| RAAS | Southern Atlantic Autonomous Regions |
| RFA | Request for Application |
| SEGEPLAN | The Presidency’s Planning and Programming Secretariat / Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia |
| SESAN | Secretaria de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional |
| SIAF-SAG | Integrated Financial Administration/Sistema Integral de Administración Financiera |
| SIAS | Integrated Health Care System / Sistema Integrado de Atención en Salud |
| SIDA | Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida (AIDS) |
| SO | Strategic Objective |
| SOW | Scope of Work |
| SPS | Sanitary/Phyto-sanitary |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infections |
| TASC2 | Population, Health & Nutrition Technical Assistance and Support Contract 2 |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| TBD | To be determined |
| TSE | Supreme Electoral Tribunal of Guatemala/Tribunal Supremo Electoral |
| TSW | Transvestite sex worker |
| U.S. | United States |
| UNAIDS | United Nations Joint Programme on AIDS |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNF | The United Nations Foundation |
| UNFPA | Untied Nations Fund for Population Activities |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Found |
| URC | University Research Corporation |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USAID/G-CAP | USAID/Guatemala-Central America Programs |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDH | U.S. Direct Hire |
| USG | United States Government |
| USGS | U.S. Geological Survey |
| UWDB | Usual Way of Doing Business |
| VCT | Voluntary counseling and testing |
| VESTEX | Apparel and Textile Industry / Industria de Vestuario y Textiles |
| VIH | Virus de Inmunodeficiencia |
| WHA | Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
