"3 by 5"

3 million people on antiretroviral treatment by the end of 2005

ANRS

Agence nationale de recherches sur le sida

AARG

AIDS and Anthropology Research Group

ADG

AIDS & Development Group, University of East Anglia

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

ARV

Antiretroviral

ART

Antiretroviral treatment

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DESTIN

Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics

DFID

Department for International Development, United Kingdom

DOTS

Directly Observed Treatment, Short-course

GFATM

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

HAART

Highly active antiretroviral treatment

HR

Harm reduction

HIV

Human immunodeficiency virus

IAEN

International AIDS Economics Network

IAVI

International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

IDU

Injecting drug user

IPRs

Intellectual property rights

LDCs

Least developed countries

LSE

London School of Economics

M&E

Monitoring & evaluation

MDG

Millennium development goal

MDR

Multi drug resistant

MoH

Ministry of Health

MSM

Men who have sex with men

MTCT

Mother-to-child transmission

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement

NGO

Nongovernmental organisation

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OI

Opportunistic infection

PEPFAR

President's Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief

PLWA

People living with AIDS

PLWHA

People living with HIV/ AIDS

PMTCT

Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

R&D

Research and development

STD

Sexually transmitted disease

STI

Sexually transmitted infection

TB

Tuberculosis

TNCs

Transnational corporations

TRIPS

Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights

UNAIDS

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/ AIDS

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNGASS

United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/ AIDS

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

UNIFEM

United Nations Development Fund for Women

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

VCT

Voluntary counselling and testing

WB

World Bank

WHO

World Health Organization

WTO

World Trade Organization