ANC – Ante natal care

ABY – Abstinence, Be Faithful Youth programme

AFB – Acid Fast Bacilli

ACU – AIDS Control Unit

ART – Antiretroviral Therapy

AIDS – Acquired Immunodeficiency syndrome

ARTI – Annual rate of TB infection

AOP – Annual Operational Plan

ARVs – Antiretrovirals

BCC – Behaviour Change Communication

CT – Counseling and Testing

CCC – Comprehensive Care Centres

CBOs – Community Based Organizations

COAG – Co-agreement

CDC – Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

DASCOs – District AIDS and STIs Control Officers

DTC – Diagnostic Testing and Counseling

DHRIOs - District Health Records and Information Officers

DRH – Division of Reproductive Health

DHMT – District Health Management Team

DLTLD – Division of Leprosy, TB and Lung Disease

DST – Drug Sensitivity Testing

ELISA – Enzyme Linked Immuno-sorbent Assay

EQA – External Quality Assurance

FP – Family Planning

GOK – Government of Kenya

HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HTC – HIV testing and Counseling

HCWs - Health Care workers

HBC – Home Based Care

HQ – Head Quarter

IV – Intravenous

IDU – Intravenous Drug Users

ICT – Information Communication Technology

ICC – Interagency Coordinating Committee

IEC – Information Education and Communication

KNASP – Kenya National AIDS Strategic Plan

KHDS – Kenya Health and Demographic Survey

KEMSA – Kenya Essential Medicines and Supplies Agency

KEMRI – Kenya Medical Research Institute

KAIS – Kenya AIDS Indicator Survey

LIMS –Logistic Information Management System

MTCT – Mother to Child Transmission

MC – Male Circumcision

MPH – Masters in Public Health

MSH – Management Sciences for Health

MOH – Ministry of Health

MDR TB – Multi-drug resistant TB

M& E – Monitoring and Evaluation

NGO – Non governmental organization

NACC – National AIDS Control Council

NLTP – National Leprosy and TB Programme

NHRL – National HIV reference Laboratory

NPHLs – National Public Health Laboratories

NASCOP – National AIDs and STIs Control Programme

PLWHAs – People living with HIV and AIDS

PTB – Pulmonary TB

PASCOs – Provincial AIDS and STIs Control Officers

PMTCT – Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission

PITC – Provider Initiated Testing and Counseling

PHRIOs – Provincial Health Records and information Officers

PHMT – Provincial Health Management Team

PCR – Polymerase Chain Reaction

PWP – Prevention with Positives

PEP – Post exposure Prophylaxis

TB – Tubercle Bacilli

TA – Technical Assistance

TWG – Technical Working Group

TOTs – Training of Trainers

SOPs – Standard Operating procedures

STIs – Sexually Transmitted Infections

STDs – Sexually Transmitted Diseases

RH – Reproductive Health

VCT – Voluntary Counseling and Testing

WHO – World Health Organization