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APPENDIX VII: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS<br />

ACT Artemisinin Combination Therapy<br />

AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome<br />

ART Antiretroviral Therapy<br />

ARV Anti-Retroviral<br />

BOQs Bills <strong>of</strong> Quantity<br />

CBOs Community Based Organisation<br />

CCT Conditional Cash Transfer<br />

CEDAW Convention on the Elimination <strong>of</strong> Discrimination against Women<br />

CGS Conditional Grant Scheme<br />

CHBC Community Home-Based Care<br />

CMS Central Medical S<strong>to</strong>res<br />

COPE In Care <strong>of</strong> the People<br />

CSOs civil society organisations<br />

DOTS Directly Observed Therapy Short-Course<br />

DRGs Debt Relief Gains<br />

EDD Expected Delivery Date<br />

ELSS Extended Life Saving Skills<br />

FCEs Federal Colleges <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

FIS Federal Inspec<strong>to</strong>rate Services<br />

FMAWR Federal Ministry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture and Water Resources<br />

FMWASD Federal Ministry <strong>of</strong> Women Affairs and Social Development<br />

FMoE Federal Ministry <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

FMoH Federal Ministry <strong>of</strong> Health<br />

FTS Federal Teachers' Scheme<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GEP Gender Education Programme<br />

HBC Home-Based Care<br />

HCT HIV Counselling and Testing<br />

HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus<br />

IRI Interactive Radio Instruction<br />

LGAs Local Government Areas<br />

LLITNs Long Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets<br />

LSS Life Saving Skills<br />

MDAs ministries, departments and agencies<br />

MDGs Millennium Development Goals<br />

NACA National Agency for the Control <strong>of</strong> AIDS<br />

NASCP National AIDS and STD Control Programme<br />

NBTE National Board for Technical Education<br />

NCCE National Commission for Colleges <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

NCE National Certificate <strong>of</strong> Education<br />

NCNE National Commission for Nomadic Education<br />

NEEDS National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy<br />

NERDC <strong>Nigeria</strong> Education Research and Development Council<br />

NMET National Moni<strong>to</strong>ring and Evaluation Team<br />

NMLC National Mass Literacy Commission<br />

NPHCDA National Primary Health Care Development Agency<br />

NTI National Teachers Institute<br />

NYSC National Youth Service Corps<br />

OHSF Office <strong>of</strong> the Head <strong>of</strong> Service <strong>of</strong> the Federation<br />

OPEN Overview <strong>of</strong> Public Expenditure in NEEDS<br />

OSSAP-MDGs Office <strong>of</strong> the Senior Special Assistant <strong>to</strong> the President on Millennium Development<br />

Goals<br />

OVC Orphans and Vulnerable Children<br />

PHCs Primary Healthcare Centres<br />

PMTCT Preventing Mother-To-Child Transmission<br />

QWN Quick-Wins<br />

RBM Roll Back Malaria<br />

SP SulfadoxinePyrimethamine<br />

SUBEB State Universal Basic Education Board<br />

TWCs Technical Working Committees<br />

UBEC Universal Basic Education Commission<br />

UNICEF United Nations International Children Fund<br />

VCT Voluntary Counselling and Testing<br />

VIP Ventilated Improved Pit latrine<br />

VPF Virtual Poverty Fund<br />

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