ACC/SCN |
United Nations Administrative Committee on Coordination/SubCommittee on Nutrition (now SCN) |
AIDS |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
BFHI |
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative |
BMI |
Body Mass Index (weight/height2 in kg/m2) |
CDC |
Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta |
CFS |
Committee on World Food Security |
DALY |
Disability-Adjusted Life Years |
DES |
Dietary Energy Supply |
DHS |
Demographic and Health Surveys |
Epi-Info/Epinut |
Analytical software for epidemiology and nutrition (Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta) |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
FIVIMS |
Food Insecurity and Vulnerability Information and Mapping Systems |
GDP |
Gross domestic product |
GNP |
Gross national product |
HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
HLE |
Healthy life expectancy |
IAWG/FIVIMS |
Inter-Agency Working Group on FIVIMS |
ICCIDD |
International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders |
ICN |
International Conference on Nutrition |
IDECG |
International Dietary Energy Consultative Group |
IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
INACG |
International Nutritional Anemia Consultative Group |
IVACG |
International Vitamin A Consultative Group |
LSMS |
Living Standards Measurement Study |
MDG |
Millennium development goals |
MICS |
Multiple Indicators Cluster Surveys |
NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
ORS |
Oral rehydration solution |
PRA |
Participatory Rural Appraisal |
RAP |
Rapid Assessment Procedures |
RRA |
Rapid Rural Appraisal |
SCN |
Standing Committee on Nutrition, United Nations System (see ACC/SCN). |
SDA |
Social Dimensions of Adjustment in Sub-Saharan Africa |
SOFI |
The State of Food Insecurity in the World |
TSH |
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
UNICEF |
United Nations Childrens Fund |
WFS |
World Food Summit |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
ZOPP/PPO |
Zielorientierte Projektplanung (Project Planning by objective) |