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List of Abbreviations

AC Adherence Clubs IUCD Intra-uterine copper device


AIDS Acquired immune deficiency syndrome KZN KwaZulu-Natal
ALOS Average length of stay LG Local government
ANC Antenatal care LiST Lives Saved Tool
APP Annual performance plan LP Limpopo Province
ART Antiretroviral therapy MDR-TB Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
BAS Basic accounting system MHS Municipal Health Services
BCG Bacille Calmette-Guérin (vaccine) MMR Maternal mortality ratio
CCMDD Central chronic medicine dispensing and distribution MNCWH Maternal, newborn, child and women’s health
CD Compact disk MP Mpumalanga Province
CDU Central Dispensing Unit MTCT Mother-to-child transmission
CD4 Cluster of differentiation 4 NBD National burden of disease
CFR Case fatality rate NC Northern Cape
CHC Community health centre NCCEMD National Committee on Confidential Enquiries into
CMS Council for Medical Schemes Maternal Deaths

Comm/Mat/Peri/Nutr Communicable diseases together with perinatal, NCDs Non-communicable diseases


maternal and nutritional conditions NDoH National Department of Health
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease NHI National Health Insurance
CPIX Consumer price index (excluding interest rates on NHLS National Health Laboratory Service
mortgage bonds) NIDS National Indicator Data Set
CUP Contracting Units for PHC NiDS National Income Dynamics Study
CVD Cardiovascular disease NSP National Strategic Plan
CYPR Couple year protection rate NW North West
DHB District Health Barometer OPD Outpatient department
DHP District health plan OPV Oral polio vaccine
DHIS District Health Information Software PCR Polymerase chain reaction
DHS District health services PCV Pneumococcal conjugated vaccine
DIP District Improvement Plan PLHIV People living with HIV
DI Deprivation index PDE Patient day equivalent
DOH Department of Health PHC Primary health care
DR-TB Drug-resistant TB PMTCT Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV
DTaP-IPV-Hib-HBV Diphtheria, tetanus, acellular pertussis + Inactivated PPTICRM Perfect Permanent Teams for Ideal Clinic Realisation
polio vaccine + Haemophilus influenzae type B + and Maintenance
Hepatitis B combined vaccine
RED Reaching Every District
EC Eastern Cape
RR-TB Rifampicin resistant TB
EDRWeb Electronic Drug-resistant Tuberculosis Register
RTHC Road to Health Chart
EHS Environmental health services
RV Rotavirus
EHNS Environmental Health Norms and Standards
SA South Africa
EID Early infant diagnosis
SADHS South Africa Demographic and Health Survey
ENDR Early neonatal death rate
SAIMD South African Index of Multiple Deprivation
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunisation
SAM Severe acute malnutrition
ETR.Net Electronic Tuberculosis Register SA–SAMS South African Schools Administration and Management
Exp Experienced Systems
FS Free State Sd Status determination
FY Financial year SD Sub-district
GHS General Household Survey SDGS Sustainable Development Goals
GLM Generalised Linear Model SEQ Socio-economic quintile
GP Gauteng Province SOP Standard operating procedure
GVAP Global Vaccines Action Plan StatsSA Statistics South Africa
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus TB Tuberculosis
HPV Human papillomavirus Td Tetanus and reduced-strength diphtheria vaccine
HST Health Systems Trust TFO Transfer out

IBUR Inpatient bed utilisation rate TROA Total clients remaining on ART

ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and UNICEF United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund
Related Health Problems VIA Visual inspections with acetic acid
ICRM Ideal Clinic Realisation and Maintenance WC Western Cape
ILTFU Initial loss to follow-up rate WHO World Health Organization
iMMR Institutional maternal mortality ratio WISN Workload Indicators of Staffing Needs
ISHP Integrated School Health Programme YLLs Years of life lost

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