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Abbreviations
Abbreviation Name 3TC Lamivudine ANC Antenatal Care ART Antiretroviral Therapy ARVs Antiretrovirals AZT Zidovudine BANC Basic Antenatal Care BANC Plus Basic Antenatal Care Plus bd Twice Daily CBP Child Bearing Potential CHW Community Health Worker CM Cryptococcal Meningitis CPT Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Therapy CrAg Cryptococcal Antigen CS Congenital Syphilis CTX Cotrimoxazole DHIS District Healt
| Abbreviation | Name |
| 3TC |
Lamivudine |
| ANC |
Antenatal Care |
| ART |
Antiretroviral Therapy |
| ARVs | Antiretrovirals |
| AZT |
Zidovudine |
| BANC |
Basic Antenatal Care |
| BANC Plus |
Basic Antenatal Care Plus |
| bd |
Twice Daily |
| CBP |
Child Bearing Potential |
| CHW |
Community Health Worker |
| CM |
Cryptococcal Meningitis |
| CPT |
Cotrimoxazole Prophylaxis Therapy |
| CrAg |
Cryptococcal Antigen |
| CS | Congenital Syphilis |
| CTX |
Cotrimoxazole |
| DHIS |
District Health Information System |
| DST |
Drug Sensitivity Testing |
| DTG |
Dolutegravir |
| EFV | Efavirenz |
| EGK | Electronic Gate Keeping |
| EML |
Essential Medicine List |
| EPI |
Expanded Programme on Immunization |
| FGR |
Foetal Growth Restriction |
| FTC |
Emtricitabine |
| FTIC | Fast Track Initiation Counselling (DMOC SOP 1) |
| GXP |
Gene Expert TB Test |
| Hb |
Haemoglobin |
| HCW |
Health Care Worker |
| HEI |
HIV-exposed infant |
| HEU |
HIV-exposed but uninfected |
| HIV |
Humman Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HTS |
HIV Testing Services |
| IM |
Intramuscular |
| INH | Isoniazid |
| IPT |
Isoniazid Preventative Therapy |
| IPV | Intimate Partner Violence |
| IRIS |
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome |
| IUCD |
Intrauterine Contraceptive Device |
| IV |
Intravenous |
| LAM |
Lipoarabinomannan |
| LP | Lumbar Puncture |
| LPA |
Line Probe Assay |
| LPV/r |
Lopinavir/ritonavir |
| LTBI |
Latent TB infection |
| MCR |
Maternity Case Record |
| MDO |
Missed Diagnostic Opportunity |
| MIP |
Mother-infant Pair |
| MNCWH&N |
Maternal Neonatal Child Women’s Health and Nutrition |
| MTCT |
Mother to Child Transmission of HIV |
| NHLS |
National Health Laboratory System |
| NVP |
Nevirapine |
| NSA |
Non-suppression Algorithm |
| NTD |
Neural Tube Defect |
| OD |
Once Daily |
| OI |
Opportunistic Infection |
| PCG | Parent/Caregiver |
| PCP |
Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia |
| PCR |
Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| PEP |
Post Exposure Prophylaxis |
| PHC |
Primary Health Care |
| PICT |
Provider Initiated Counselling and Testing |
| PNC |
Postnatal Club |
| PO |
Per os (per mouth) |
| PrEP |
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis |
| RfA |
Results for Action NHLS Reports |
| RPR |
Rapid Plasma Reagin |
| RTHB |
Road to Health Booklet |
| Rx |
Treatment |
| SA |
South Africa |
| SOP | Standard Operating Procedure |
| SRH |
Sexual and Reproductive Health |
| STI |
Sexually Transmitted Infections |
| sd |
Single dose |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TDF |
Tenofovir |
| TEE |
ART Regimen containing Tenofovir, Emtricitabine, and Efavirenz |
| TLD |
ART Regimen containing Tenofovir, Lamivudine, and Dolutegravir |
| TPHA |
Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay |
| TPT |
TB Preventative Therapy |
| TST | Tuberculin Skin Test |
| UTI |
Urinary Tract Infection |
| VMMC | Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision |
| VL |
Viral Load |
| VLS |
Viral Load Suppression |
| VTP | Vertical Transmission Prevention |
| WASH |
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene |
| WLHIV |
Woman Living with HIV |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
South African National Department of Health, Guideline for Vertical Transmission Prevention of Communicable Infections, Version 2_August 2023
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