| 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 |
| CS/MH |
Child Survival / Maternal Health |
| CTO |
Cognizant Technical Officer |
| CY |
Calendar Year |
| CYP |
Couple-Years’ Protection |
| DAP |
Development Assistance Programs |
| DCA |
Development Credit Authority |
| EBI |
Educación Bilingüe Intercultural |
| EURO |
European Currency |
| FANTA |
Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance
(Project) |
| 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 |
| MCH |
Maternal and Child Health |
| 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 |
| PIO |
Public International Organizations |
| 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 |
