An English - Arabic

An English - Arabic

Glossary of UNICEF Terminology

Revised Edition 2000

Compiled by

Jalal M. Al-Azzeh

External Relations Section

MENA Regional Office

Amman, Jordan

December 2, 2000

A

Abandoned child

Abject poverty

Abortion

Absolute poverty

Abstract

Abundance of resources

Abuse

Abuse, child -

Abuse, drug -

Abused children

Accelerate

Accelerated Health Programme

Access

Accessible

Accessible Health Services

Achieveable

Achievement

Action

Action, community -

Action-oriented studies

Action plan

Action poster

()Action research

Active age

Activity

Activities

Activities, cultural -

Activities, social -

Activities income-generating

Actuarial report

Acute

Acute flaccid parley

Acute respiratory infections

Acute Undernutrition

Adaptation

Adaptive growth

Address

Adjustment

Adjustment, economic -

Adjustment, policies-

Adjustment problems

Adjustment with a human face

Administration

Administration of funds

Adolescents

/ Adolescence

/ ( )Adolescencem age of adolescents

Adopted children

Adoption

() Adult

Adult education

Advisor

Advisor board

Advisory committee

Advisory services

Advocacy

Advocate (an improvement)

()Affiliate

After-care

Age

Age-group

Age-sex distribution

Age, height-for -

Age, weight-for -

Ageing persons

Aid

Aid, bilateral -

Aid, multilateral -

Aid relief

Aids

Aids audiovisual

Agency

Agencies

Agencies, bilateral -

Agencies, international -

Agencies, regional -

Agencies, specialized -

Agricultural credit

Agricultural extension

Agricultural, cooperatives -

Ailment

Alimentary system

Ambassador, at large -

Ambassador, goodwill -

Anaemia

Analgesics

Analysis

Analysis, cost -

Analysis country data

Analysis, situation -

Analysis, system -

Animateurs (F)

Annual leave

Annual report

Antenatal care

Antibiotics

Antibodies

Anti-cancer drugs

Anti-poverty strategies

Anthropometry

Anthropometric measurements

Appeal

Appraisal

Apprise

Approach

Approach, integrated -

Approach, multi sectoral -

Appropriate

Appropriate measures

Appropriate technology (A.T.)

Arab League

Arab League Charter

Area

Areas, rural -

Areas, urban -

Areas, peripheral areas -

Arid Areas

Armed conflict

Armed conflicts, children in -

Artificial

Artificial baby milk

Artificial infant feeding

/ Aseptic delivery

/ Assignment

Assignment children

Assistance

Assistance, cash -

Assistance, in-kind -

/ Assistance fund

Assistant

Association

Asylum-seekers

At-risk pregnant

Attendance

Attendant

Attendance, school -

Attendant, traditional birth -

Attitude

Audio-visual

/ Auger

Auspices

Authorise

Authority

Auxilliary

Auxilliary health workers

Auxilliary nurses

Availability of data

Availability of resources

Available resources

Avitaminosis

Awareness

Awareness, public -

A World fit for Children

B

Baby-friendly

Baby-friendly hospitals

Baby-friendly offices

Baby sitter

Baby sitting centre

Bacterial diseases

Back-up services

Backward child

Backwardness

Balanced diet

Ban

Bank

Banking services

Bar chart

Bare minimum

Base

Base, data -

Baseline data

Baseline survey

Basic assistance list

Basic education

Basic health services

Basic needs

Basic services

Bacills, Calmette, Guerin (BCG)

/ Behavioural change

()Behavioural clinic

( )Behavioural indicators

Behavioural problems

Beneficiary

Beneficiary countries

Benefit

Benefits, social -

Bibliography

Bilateral aid

Bilateral relations

Bilharziasis

Billboard

( )Birth attendant

( )Birth control

Birth defects

Birth deficiencies

Birth Lesions

Birth place

Birth rate

Birth spacing

Birth weight

Birth, still -

Black market

Blindness

Blindness prevention

Blockage

Blueprints

/ Board

Board submission

Body of information

Bore

Borehole sites

Bottle feeding

/ Bouts of diarrhoea

Brain drain

Breadth of support

Breadwinner

Breakthrough

Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding patterns

Breastfeeding substitutes

Broadcasting

Briefing

Brigadistas (volunteers)

Broad scale

Broad support

Broadcasting

Broken lines

Bronchopneumonia

Brunt of world recession

Budget

Budget deficit

Budget, programme-

Budget shortfall

Budgetted relief

Budget headings

Budget hearing

Budgeting

Building

Building, capacity -

Burping

Bureaucracy

By-laws

BCG = Vaccination

( )C

Calamity

Calorie

Calorie deficiency

Calorie intake

Campaign

Canned foods

Capacity

Capacity building

Capital

Capitalise on

Care

Care centres

Care home

Care, institutional -

Care, maternal -

Care, postnatal -

Care, prenatal

Career development

Case

Case history

( )Case study

Cash call-forward (CCF)

Cash crops

/ Cash-for-crop schemes

Cash-for-work

Cash, contributions -

Cash liquidity

Catchment Basin

Catch-up campaign

Causes

Caution

CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of

all forums of Descrimination Against Women) Censor

Censorship

.. Census

Centres

Centres, community -

Centres, day care -

Centres, guidance -

Centres, health -

Centres, research -

Centres, training -

Cereal

Cereal-based foods

Cerebral palsy

Change

Change structural

Channel

Channels of communication

Channels of support

Character

Characterise

Characteristics

Charitable

Charitable societies

Charity

Check list

Cgronic-Undernutrition

Child abuse

Child care

Child death rate (CDR)

Child development

Child disabilities

Child exploitation

Child feeding

Child-Friendly Schools

Child-focused services

Child guidance

Child bearing

Child-bearing age

Childbed fever

Childbirth

Child health

Child labour

( )Child minder

Child mortality

Child neglect

Child rearing

( )

Child mental health

Child survival

Child welfare

( )Childhood

Childhood disabilities

Childhood diseases

Children in armed conflicts

Children in detention

()Children in difficult circumstances

Children in emergency

Cholera

()Chronic diseases

Citizen participation

Civil strife

Civil Society Organizations

Class

Clients

Climax

Clinic

Clippings

Cluster survey

Code

Cognitive development

Cognitive skills

Cold boxes

Cold chain

Cold rooms

Collaboration

Collection

Collection, data -

Colloquium

Colostrum

Commandos campaign

Commercials

Commitment

Commodity

Communicable diseases

Communication material

Communication

Communication for Behavioural Change

Communication network

Communication skills

Communication technology

( )Communication, programme -

Communication For Learning (CFL)

Community

Community action

Community-based services

()Community centres

Community development

Community facilities

Community health workers

Community involvement

Community mobilization

Community participation

Community volunteers

Complementary foods

Complimentary samples

Comprehensive planning

Compulsory education

Computer

()Conceive

Concentric circles of support

Concessions

Condensed milk

Conditions

Conditions, socio-economic -

Conference

Conference room

Conflict

Conflict of interests

Congenital anomalities

Congenital Malformations

Conglomeration

Constraints

Consanguinity

Consultant

Consultative services

Consumer

Consumer goods

Consumer price index (CPI)

Consumer protection fund

Consumption

Consumption, food -

Containers

Contamination

Contingent expenses

Contraception

Contraceptives

Contract a disease

Contract bad habits

Contribution

Control

Control, birth-

Controversial

Controversy

Convention

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Conventional aids

Conventional projects

Convergence of services

Cooperation

Cooperation programme

Cooperation, inter-agency -

Cooperative

Cooperatives

Coordination

Coordination, aid -

Core services

Corneal sclerosis

Corneal softening and rupture

Corporate kits

Corpus

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-effective measures

Cottage industries

Cough

Cough, whooping -

Counter

Counteract

Counter-productive

Country office

Countries

Countries, developing -

Countries industrialized

Countries, least developed -

Course

Coverage

Crash programme

Creche

Credit

Credit facilities

Cretin

Cretinism

: Cripple

Crippling effects

Crisis management

Critical

Crop

Crop production increase

Crude birth rate (annual number of

/ births per 1,000 population)

1000 Crude death rate

: 1000 Cub-scouts

Culture

Cultural environment

Cultural (identity)

Cumulative

Curative medicine

Curriculum

/ Curriculum development

Curriculum reform

D

Daily patterns of life

Damaging consequences

Data

Data analysis

Data base

Data collection

Data processing

Day care centres

Day care facilities

Deafness

Death

Death rate

Debilitate

Debt-burdened countries

Debt-ridden countries

Decade

( ) Decentralisation

Declaration

Declaration of intent

Declaration of the Rights of the Arab Child Decline

Defects

Deficiencies

Deficiencies, nutritional -

Deficiency

Deficiency, iodine -

Deficiency, iron -

Deficiency, vitamin A -

Definitions

Dehydration

Delegation

Delegation of authority

Delinquency

Delinquency, juvenile -

Delinquents

Delivery

Delivery conditions

Demographic

Demographic characteristics

Demographic indicators

Demography

Dental health

Department

Deprivation

Desalination

Deputy Regional Director

Desertification

Destitute

Desk Review

Detention

Detention camps

()Devastating consequences

Devastating effects

Developed countries

Developing countries

Development

Development cooperation

Development education

Development planning

Development plans

Development priorities

Development projects

Development, rural -

Diarrhoea

Diarrhoea-induced dehydration

Diarrhoeal diseases

Diet

Dietary patterns

Dietician

Dilute

Diphtheria

/ Directory

Disabilities

Disabilities, learning -

Disability

Disabled

Disadvantaged

/ Disadvantaged children

Disadvantaged groups

Disaster

Disaster management

Disaster relief

Discrimination

Discrimination, sexual -

Disease control

Disease prevention

Disease transmission

Diseases

Diseases childhood

Disinfect

Disinfectant

Disinfection

Disparity

Dispensary

( )Disposable

Disposable syringe

Disposal

Disposal, sewage -

Disposal, waste -

Disposition

Disproportionate benefit

Dissemination of information

Distress relief

Distressed areas

Distribution

Distribution, income -

Divorce

DPT (Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus)

/ Domicile

Donation

Donors

Donor Countries

Dose

Down-to-earth information

Drain

Drain, brain -

Drain of resources

Drainage network

Drainage system

Dramatic shift

Drawbacks

Drilling rigs

Dropout

Drought

Drought-resistant crops

Drought-stricken areas

Drug

Drug abuse

Drugs

Drugs, essential -

Dry up

Dump

Duty

Duty free

Duty station

Dysentery

E

Early childhood

Early childhood development

Early mental stimulation

Earning

Earthquake

Earthquake victims

Ecology

Economic aid

Economic conditions

Economic development

Economic growth

Economic indicators

Economic measures

Economic planning

Economic policies

ECDC = Economic Cooperation Amongs

Developing Countries

Education

Education, basic -

Education, compulsory -

Education, distance-

Education of girls

Education, formal -

Education, free -

Education For All

() Education, health -

Education, higher -

Education, lifelong -

Education, medical -

Education, non-formal -

Education, population -

Education, primary -

Education, special -

Education, technical -

Education, vocational -

Educational curricula

/ Educational development

Educational facilities

Educational films

Educational innovations

Educational planning

Educational policies

Educational radio

Educational reform

Educational researches

Educational resources

Educational systems

Educational Television

Educational wastage

Efficiency

Effective

Effective use

Effectiveness

Electronic data processing

Electronic mail (E-mail)

Embargo

Embargoed

Emergency

Emergency aid

Emergency Appeal

Emergency case

Emergency programmes

Emergency relief

Emerging issues

()Emotional

Emotional development

Employment

Employment of women

Encephalitis

Endeavour

Endemic disease

Endogamy

( )Endorse

Endorsement

Energy

Energy requierments

Energy sources

Energy, renewable -

Energy, solar -

Energy, wind -

Enhance

Enrich

Enrol

Enrollment

Enrollment rates

Enthusiasm

Enthusiast

Environment

Environment-friendly policies

Environment pollution

Environment protection

Environmental education

Environmental health

( )Environmental sanitation

Epidemics

Epidemiology

Epilepsy

Epilogue

Equal

Equal opportunities

Equal rights

Equitable distribution

Equipment

Erosion

Erosion, soil -

Errant child

Essential

Essential drugs

( )Ethics

Ethnic groups

Etiology

()Evaluation

Evaluation activities

Evaluation, programme -

Evaluation Mechanism

Exchange

Exchange, information -

Exclude

Excluding

()Exclusive Breast Feeding

Excreta disposal

Executive Board

Executive Board Session

Executive Committee

Executive Secretary

() ()Expand

Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) Expatriate

Expectancy

Expectancy, life -

Expectancy, life - at birth

Expectant mother

Expenditure

Expenditure, health -

Experiment

Experimental

Experimental method

Experimental research

Experience

Expert

Expert committee

Expert group

Expertise

Export

Exportation exports

Exposure

Exposure to disease

Extended family

( )Extension services

Extension worker

Eye diseases

FFacilitate

Facilities

Facilities, health

Facility

Facilitator

Fall a victim to

Faltering growth

Family and Child Welfare Services

Family Care Society

Family Education

Family food production

Family health

Family planning

Family planning programmes

Family spacing

Family welfare

Famine

Farm

Farmer

Fatality rate

Feasibility study

Feed

Feedback

() Feedback information

Feeding

Feeding centres

Feeding practices

Feeding programmes

Fees

Fellowship

Female education

Female literacy

Fertility

Fertility rate

: 1000 Fever

Field research

Field surveys

Field visits

Field of cooperation

Filariasis

Filler

Finance

Financial aid

Financial assistance

Financial crisis

Financial planning

Financial resources

Financial stringency

Financial support

Financier

Financing

Findings

First aid

First Call for Childrn

Fiscal

Fiscal year

Fisheries

Fixed-term

Fixed-term appointment

Fixed-term contract

Flash

/ Flier (also Flyer)

Flip chart

Floods

Focal point

Focus

Foetal deaths

Foetus

Fontanelle

Food

Food aid

Food Adequacy

Food conservation

Food consumption

Food fortification

Food hygiene

Food preparation

( )Food processing

Food production

Food security

Food shortage

Food situation

Food storage

Food subsidies

Food supplements

( )Food supplies

()

Food-for-work

( )Foods

Foods, weaning -

Food stuffs

Foreseeable future

()Formal

Formal education

()Formula

Forum

Foster

Foster care

Foster family

( )Free education

Free samples

Free trade

Friday sermon

Front office

Fuel

Fuel conservation

( )Functional literacy

Fund

Fund-raising

Fund-raising campaign

Funding

FFF = Food Supplements, Family Spacing & Female Education G

Gains

Gap

Gastro-intestinal diseases

( )Gender

()General assembly

()General resources

General secretariat

Generation

Generator

Genital diseases

Gender Disparity

Gestation

Gift

Gifted children

Girl Child

Girl guides

()Global

Global education

Global efforts

Global Movement for Children

Global problem

Global study

Globalisation

Glossary

Go into action

Goals

GOBI = Growth monstoring , Oral Rehydration, Breastfeeding & Immunization

Goitre

Goitre control

Goodwill ambassadors

Governing body

Grains

Grain products

Grant

Grant-in-aid

Graph

( )Graphics

Grassroot

Greeting cards

Greeting Cards Operation (GCO)

Gross

( )Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Gross National Product (GNP)

Gross salary

Gross weight

()Group

Group discussion

Group feeding

Group Medical Insurance

Group therapy

Grow

Growth

Growth chart

Growth control

Growth faltering

Growth monitoring

Growth retardation

Guidance

Guidance centres

Guidance services

Guidelines

H

Habits

Habits, food -

Haemotherapy

Halve

Handful

Handicapped

Handicaps

Handicaps, mental -

Handicaps, physical -

Handout

Hand-pump

Hard cold fact

Hardcore

Hardship

Hardware

Hazard, health -

Hazardous

Head

Head, department -

Head, division -

Head of family

Head of household

Head Office

Health

Health auxiliaries

Health bills

Health cadres

Health care

Health care facilities

Health care, primary -

Health care systems

Health centre

Health circles

Health communication

Health communicators

Health economics

Health education

( )Health educator

Health expenditure

( )Health fair

( )Health For All

Health guard

Health hazards

Health indicators

Health information

Health legislation

Health manpower

Health needs

Health personnel training

Health practices

Health planning

Health problems

Health projects

Health professions

Health providers

Health situation

Health statistics

Health surveillance

Health worker

Healthy atmosphere

Healthy environment

Healthy growth

/ Healthy practices

Heat

Heat-stable vaccine

Height-for-age

Hepatitis

( )Herd immunity

Heredity

Hereditary disease

High risk

Hindsight

Holy See

()Homemade

Honorarium

Horticulture

Hospital

Household

Household Surveys

Hospitalisation

( )Household appliances

Household income

Household utensils

Housing

Housing, low cost

Human potentials

Human resources

Human resources development

Human settlements

Human rights

Hygiene

Hygienic behaviour

Hygiene, personal

Hygiene, general

Hypernatremia

Hypodermic needles

Hypokalemia

I

ICARA = International Conference on Assistance to African Refugees ICPD = International Conference on Population & Development ILC = International Law Commission

Ice-packs

Ill-health

Illness

Illiteracy

Illiteracy rates

Imbalance

( )Immediate supervisor

Immunize

Immunizable diseases

Immunization

Immunization campaign

Immunization drives

Immunization efforts

Immunization schedule

Immunizing agents

Immunity

Impact

Impairment

Impairment, health -

Impact Evaluations

Imperative

Impetus

Implant

Implantation

Implement

Implementation

Implementation, programme -

Implication

Implicit

Imply

Imports

Importance

Importation

Imported goods

Impose

Impotent

Impoverished families

Impregnate

Impression

Impressive

Imprest

Improvement

Impurities

Inability

Inaccessible

Inaccuracy

Inaccurate

Inaction

Inadequate

Incentive

Income

Income bracket

Income differential

Income distribution

Income-earning skills

Income-generating activities

Income per capita

Income tax

Incoming mail

Increase

Incubation period

Indicators

Industrial

Industrialization

Industrialised countries

Industrialised world

Industry

Industry, food -

Infant

Infant feeding

Infant food

Infant formula

Infant mortality

Infant mortality rate (IMR)

:(annual number on infant deaths 1000 under one year of age per 1,000 live births)

Infantile paralysis

Infection

Infections

Infections, acute respiratory - (ARI)

Infectious diseases

Inflation

Inflation rate

Influence

Informal education

Informatics

Information

Information assistant

Information centre

/ Information dissemination

Information exchange

Information kit

Information network

Information officer

Information policy

Information Technology

Information services

Information systems

Infrastructure

Ingredients

Initiative

Injection

Innovative

Innovative approaches

Insertion

In-service training

Insidious disease

()Insight

()Institution

Institutional care

: Integrate

Integrated development

()Integrate health services

Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses (IMCI) Interaction

Inter-agency collaboration

Inter-agency cooperation

Inter-governmental organizations

Intermarriage

( )International

International agencies

International organizations

International civil servants

( )International code of marketing breast milk substitutes International Conventions

International Health Regulations

International instrument

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

International organizations

International standards

International Year of the Child

International Youth Year

International Leadership Initiative

International-accepted standards

Inter-regional projects

Inter-sectoral

Interventions

Intervention programmes

Interventions, health -

Intra-family transmission

Intractable

Intravenous feeding

( )Intravenous fluids

Intravenous therapy

Iodate

Iodine

Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD)

Iodine, radio -

Iodize

Iodization

Iodization of salt ( )Iodized salt

( )Iron

Iron deficiency

Iron supplements

Intrauterine

Intrauterine devices (IUDs)

IPDC = International Programme for the Development

of Communications (UNESCO)

Irrigation

Irrigation and drainage

Isothermic

Itinerary

ILEB = Increase in Life Expectancy at Birth IQ

J

Jaundice

Jeopardize

Jeopardy, in -

Job description

Job dislocation

Job, on-the-training -

Joint committee

Joint communique

Joint statement

Joint effort

Joint projects

Joint-venture

Judgement

Juvenile

Juvenile courts

Juvenile delinquency

Juvenile delinquents

K

Kid

Kidney

Kidney failure

Killing

Kiosk

KISSAVIP = Knowledge, Information, Social Skills,

Self-esteem, Attitudes, Values, Influences

and Personal Skills and Competence

Kit

Kit, information -

Kit, press -

Kindergarten (KG)

Knapsack

( )Know-how

Knowledge

Knowledge society

Knowledge networks

Knowledge breakthrough

Kwashiorkor

( )L

Label

Labour

Labour, child-

Labour force

Labour-intensive project

Labour productivity

Labour room

Laboratory

Laboratory equipment

Lactating mothers

Lactation

: LAN = Local Area Network

Land mines

Land reclamation

Land reform

Land tenure

Larvicides

Latrine

LDCs = Least Developed Countries

League of Arab States (LAS)

Learning

Learning disabilities

Learning problems

Legal

Legal abortion

Legal advisor

Legal provisions

Legally-binding

Legislation

Lessons Learned

Lid

Life decisions

Life-expectancy (at birth)

( )Lifeline

Lifeline Operation Sudan

Life-long debility

Life-long education

Life-saving salt

Life-saving tool

Lifestyle

Link-up system

Literacy

( )Literature

Literature, children's -

Live-birth

Livelihood

( )Livestock

Living conditions

Living standards

( )Local community

Local food production

Local governments

Local resources

Local-level planning

Log variance

() Logistics

()Logo

Long-lasting effects

Long term

Loopholes

()Low-birth weight (LBW)

Low-cost technology

Low-income

Low income communities

M

Maim

Main

( )Main committee

Mainstay

Malady

Malaria

()Malaria eradication programme

Malformation

Malignant

Malignant tumour

Malnourished

: Malnutrition

Malpractices

Maltreatment

Maltreatment of children

Management

Management of diarrhoeal diseases

Mandatory

Manning table

Manpower

Manual

Marasmus

: Margin of error

( )Marginalisation

Marginal gains

Marital status

Market economy

Market forces

Market prices

Marketing

Marriage

Marriage between blood relatives

Mass Communication

Mass media

Master pieces

( )Maternal & Child care

Maternal care

Maternal education

Maternal health

Maternal mortality

( )Maternity hospital

Maternity leave

Maternity wards

Maternity welfare

Mature

Maturity age

Meal

Mean duration of illness

Measles

Measures

Mechanism

Media

Medical board

Medical break-through

Medical check-up

Medical claim

( )Medical education

Medical examination

Medical miracle

Medical officer

Medical personnel

Medical report

Medical samples

Medical supplies

Medical survey

Medical team

Medical treatment

Medicine

Medicine curative

Medicine preventive

Medium term

()Meningitis

Mental

Mental deficiency

Mental health

Mental retardation

Mentally-retarded

Merit

Meritorious increment

Methodology

( )MICS-Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

Micronutrients

Middle class

Mid-term

/ Midwife

Midwifery

Migrant

Migrant children

()Milk expressing

Mineral

Minority

Minority groups

Miracle

Misconceptions

Mobile

Mobile health teams

Mobilise

Mobilisation of resources

Mobilisation, social -

Model

Monitoring

Morbidity

: Morbidity rate

Mortality

Mortality causes

Mortality rates

Mothercraft nurses

( )Motivation

Motivator

Motor development

Movements

Movements, youth -

Multifaceted

Multi-faceted problem

Multilateral

Multilateral agreement

Multilateral aid

Multi-purpose programme

Multi-year support programme

Muster

Muster support

NNatal

Natality

Nation

Nation-wide coverage

()National

National budgets

National committees

National efforts

National Health Plans

National Immunization Days

National income

National planning authorities

National Planning Councils (NPCs)

National Plans of Action (NPAs)

National Programmes of Action (NPAs)

National vaccination crusade

Needy

Neonatal

Neonatal tetanus

Network

Network, information -

Network, water -

New Agenda for Children

Newborn

Night Blindness

()Non-formal education

Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Norm

Nominate

Noted projects

Nurse

Nurse, auxiliary -

Nursery

Nursing

Nursing College

Nursing mothers

Nutrient

Nutrient waste

Nutrition

Nutritional deficiency

Nutritional status

Nutritional Status of Children

Nutritious

/ O

Obesity

Objectives

Obstetric hospital

Occupational health

Officer

Officer-in-charge

Official duty

Ongoing monitoring

On-line system

On-the-job training

Open-ended questions

Open-minded

Operation

Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS)

Oral contraceptives

( )Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV)

( )Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS)

Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)

Oral Rehydration Workers (ORWs)

Ordeal

Organic wastes

Organization

Organization, community -

Organizational chart

Organizational structure

Organizations

Organizations, relief -

Organizations, peoples -

Orphan

Orphanage

( )Otitis

Otitis medium

Outcomes

Out-patient clinic

Outstanding work

Outstanding obligations

Outstanding advances to government

Overstretch the resources

Overview

P

Pamphlets

Package

Package deal

Package, training -

Pain

Pain, after -

Palliative

PA = Procurement Authorization

Panacea

Panademic

Panels

Papchild

Paramedical personnel

Paramedics

Paralysis

Parasitic diseases

Paratyphoid

( )Parent education

Parenthood

Parlous

Participation

Participation, community -

Participation, public -

Participation, women's -

Participatory Workshop

Patterns

Patterns of disease

Patterns of life

Pathogenic

Partnership for Children

Payment voucher

()Peace

()Peasant society

Pediatrician

Pediatrics

Per-o-jet

Peers

Peer groups

( )Pension

()Pension fund

People's organizations

Perception

Performance

Performance evaluation

Peri-urban areas

Permanent

Permanent disability

Personnel

( )Persons

Persons, aging -

( )Persons, disabled -

Perspective

()Perceptions

/ Persuasion

Pesticides

Pharmacists

Physical

Physical education

Physical environment

()Physical fitness

Physical handicaps

Physicians

Physiotherapy

Pilot project

()Pioneering institution

Plan

Plan of action

Plan of operations

Planning

Planning programme

Planning family

Platform

Pledge

Pledging conference

( )Pleurisy

( )Plight

Pneumonia

()PO = Purchase Order

Policy

Policy Dialogue

Policy goals

Policy makers

( )Policy paper

( )Policy-related matters

Policy review

Polio

Poliomyelitis

Politician

( )Politics

()Pollutants

Pollution

Pollution, air -

Pollution, environment (al) -

Pollution, water -

Pooling of resources

Poor

Poor communities

Poor population

Populated areas

Populated areas, densely -

Population activities

Population density

Population growth

Populous countries

Poster

Post-natal

Post natal care

Post-Partum Period

()Potency

Potential

Potential pitfalls

Poverty

Poverty, abject -

Poverty, absolute -

Poverty-line

Poverty-stricken areas

Practices

( )Practices, weaning -

Precautions

( )Precautionary measures

( )Precedence

Precedence, order of -

Preconditions

Pre-School Child

/ Preemptive measures

Pregnancy

Pregnant

Pregnant clinic

Premature

()Premature birth

Premonitory symptoms

Prenatal care

( )Preparation

Preparation food

Preparation programme

Preparations

()Presentation

Press clippings

Pressure groups

Prevalence

Preventable burden

( )Preventive causes

Preventive diseases

Preventive measures

Preventive medicine

Preview

Primary

Primary cause

Primary education

Primary schools

Primary Health Care (PHC)

Prime Cause

( )Primer

Primipara mother

( )Printed mass media

( )Priority

Priority issue

Priority, order of -

Priorities

Priorities, development -

Private sector

Private Voluntary Organizations (PVO)

Probation home

Probation officer

( )Probation period

Problem

Problem child

()Problems

Problems, adjustment -

Problems, global -

Procedure

Process

Processing

Processing, data -

Processing, food -

Product

Product, gross national -

Product, gross domestic -

Production

Production, food -

Production, vaccine -

Profession

Professional

Profile

()Profit

Profiteers

Programme

Programme delivery

Programme design

Programme development

Programme planning

Programme preview

Programme recommendations

Programme review

Programme, radio -

Programme, expanded - on immunization (EPI) Programme, food aid -

Programme Support Communications (PSC) Programme, Television (TV) -

()Programmer

Programming

( )Project

Project analysis

Project assessment

Project funding

Project objectives

Project support

Projected rise

Projections

()Prologue

Promote

Promotion

Promotion materials

( )

Promotional advertising

Proper management

Proper management of diarrhoea

Prophylaxis

Prospects

Protein-calories malnutrition

Protein requirements

Protein-rich foods

Prototypes

Provide

Provide the proof

Provision

Provisions

Provisions, legal -

Psychology, child -

Psychology, educational -

Psycho-Social Development

Puberty

Public

Public benefit

Public benefit corporation

( )Public health

Public opinion

Public rally

Public safety

Public service announcements (PSA)

Public utilities

Public welfare

Pumps

Pumps, manual

Purchase order

Q

Quality

Quality control

()Quality education

/ ( )Quality of life index

Quality, water -

Quantity

Quarterly report

( )Questions

Questions, administrative -

Quorum

( )Quasi-urban

Quota

Quota system

Quotation

Quote

R

Racial

Racial discrimination

Radio

Radio cast

Radio caster

Radio programme

Range

Range land

Rare

Rapid

Rapid assessment

Rapid Evaluation

Rarity

Rate

Ratios of enrollment

Ratification

Ratify a convention

Rational

Rational use of drugs

Reactions

Real income

Real test

Rearing

Rearing of children

Readership

Recipe

Recipient

Recommendation

Recovery

Recovery rate

Redeployment of posts

References books

Reform

Reform, land -

Reformatory

Refugee

Refugee children

Regional development

Regional Office

Regional Planning

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation, drug -

Rehabilitation programmes

Rehydration

( )Rehydration, Oral - Therapy (ORT)

Reintegration

Reliance

Reliance, self -

Relief

Relief aid

Relief operations

Relief organizations

Religion

Religious beliefs

Remedy

Remote areas

Remote control

Remote education

Remote sensing

Renew

Renewable resources

Repercussions

Report

Report, annual -

Report, quarterly -

( )Research

Research, educational -

Research, scientific -

Research centre

Researcher

Resident doctor

Resident Programme Officer

Residential care

( )Respiratory

Respiratory, infections -

Respiratory diseases

Respiratory tract

Resource

Resource management

Resource Mobilization

Resource person

( )Resources

Resources, educational -

Resources depletion

Resources, financial -

Resources, human -

Resources, human development -

Resources natural

Resources, water -

Retardation

Retarded children

()Review

Revised budget

()Revision

()Revolving fund

()Rights

Rights, Children's -

Rights, Human -

Rights, Women's -

Role-play

( )Rooming-in

( )Rudimentary Sanitation

( )Rural Animation

/ Rural areas

Rural Development

Rural Health Services

Rural sanitation

Rural sewage disposal

Rural water supply

S

Sachets

Safe Motherhood

Safe water

()Safe water & sanitation

Safety

()Safety measures

Safety nets

( )Salt iodation

Salt, iodized -

Salt of life

( )Sample Surveys

Sampling

( )Sanctions

/ ( )Sanctions Committee

Sanitary Latrines

Sanitary survey

Sanitation

Satellite

Satellite communication

Savings

Scale

Scale, small -

Scale, large -

Scarcity of resources

Schedule

()Schedule, immunization -

Schistosomiasis

: Scholarships

School attendance

( )School enrollment

School feeding programmes

School fees

School Health Teams

School population

Scientific research

Screen a film

Screening programme

Scouts

Seasonal Pattern

Second hand goods

Sector Review

Seizure

Self-help projects

Self-reliance

Self-sustainability

Seminar

Senior Consultant

Septicemia

Sermon

Sentinel Surveys

Service

Service charge

Services facilities

Services, infrastructure

Services, public -

Session

Session, closed -

Session, extraordinary -

( )Session, ordinary -

Setback

Severe malnutrition

Sewage disposal

Sewage system

Sex

Sexual discrimination

Sex education

Sexual harassment

( )Shanty towns

: Sheep-raising

Shift

Shigella

()Shortage

Shortage, food -

Short fall

Budget shorfall

Short-term

Short-term planning

Shot

Siblings

/ Sick leave

Side-effects

Side walks

Sign

Signature

Signature tune

: Silent emergency

( )Skimmed milk

Situation

Situation analysis

Situation, health -

Slide projector

Slide set

Slum areas

( )Slums

Smallpox

Smoke-free environment

Smoke-free offices

Smoker

Smoker, passive -

( )Soap operas

Social action

Social breakthrough

Social change

Social class

Social conditions

Social development

Social disintegration

Social integration

Social gains

Social marketing

Social mobilization

Social problems

Social Policy Analysis

Social security

Social services

Social support system

Social symptoms

Social welfare

( )Social work

Social worker

Society

/ Socio-economic situations

Software

( )Solar disinfection

Solar energy

Sophisticated remedy

Sound

Sound tape

Sound effects

Sound motion picture

Sound track

( )Sources

Sources of energy

Sources of income

Sources of water

Spacing

Spacing, birth -

( )Special aid projects

Special education

( )Special-purpose contributions

Spectrum of activities

Spectrum of interests

Spending

Spending cutbacks

Spending cuts

( )Spiritual leaders

Spot

/ Spot check

( )Sprayer

Spraying

Square meal

Squatter areas

Squatter settlements

Squatters

( )Standard of living

Standing committees

Staple crops

Staple food

Starvation

Starving people

Statistical tables

Statistics, health -

Social statistics

Status

Status of woman

Steering committee

Stepping-stone

Sterilization

Still birth

Still born

Stimulation

Stimulation, early -

Stipend

( )Storage

Storage of food

Storage, water-tanks -

Storm water

Strategy

Strays

Street children

Street vendors

Student organizations

( )Stunt

()Stunting

Stunted growth

Submission

/ Sub-office

Subsidiary organ

( )Subsidized food items

Subsidy

() Subsidies, food -

( )Supervision

Supervisory committee

Supervisory responsibility

Supplementary

()Supplementary feeding centres

Supplementary food

Supplementary funds

( )Supplementary-funded projects

Supplies

Supplies, health -

Supplies, medical -

Supply

Supply, water -

Supply call-forward

Supply list

Supreme Council for Children

Surface water

Surveillance

Surveillance Systems

Surveys

Surveys, field -

Survival

( )Survival, child -

Sweetened Condensed Milk (SCM)

Symposium

System

System analysis

System analyst

Systematic

T

Tables

Taboo

Taboo zone

Target area

Target Arrival Date (TAD)

Target audience

Target group

Task force

Taxation

Tax-exempt corporate

Tax-free

Teacher training

Teacher unions

Team

Team, mobile -

()Technical aid

Technical Assistance

( )Technical coorporation

Technicalities

( )Technique

Techniques, evaluation -

Technological innovations

()Technology

Technology, appropriate -

Technology, communication -

Technology transfer

Telecommunications

Television

Television, educational -

Television network

Television programmes

Television spots

Television star

Television stations

Temperature

Textbooks

The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Children

Theory

Theory and practice

Therapy

Therapy, Oral Rehydration -

Thin blood

Thrive

Thrust

Tied aid

Tie-in sales

()Tight commodity

Time-bound priorities

Time-element

Time-factor

Time-saving

( )Time-saving measures

Total count

Town planning

Trade

Trade, balance of -

Trade unions

( )Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA)

( )Trainee

Trainer

Training

Training courses

Training, health personnel -

Training material

Training model

Training packages

Transfer of title

Transit

Transitional period

Translation

Translator

Transport

Transportation

Travel per diem

Treated water

Treatment

Trends

Trends, population -

Tropical areas

Tropical diseases

Trough

Tuberculosis (TB)

()Typhoons

U

Umbilical cord

Umbrella

Umbrella project

()Underdevelopment

Underlying causes

( )Undernourished children

Undernourishment

Underprivileged groups

()Underscore

( )Underserved children

Unemployed

Unemplyment

Unequalled way

( )UNIFEM = United Nations Development Fund for Women Uniform application

Uniform procedures

Unions

Units

Units, mobile-

Unmet demands

Untapped markets

( )Unwanted children

Urban children

Urban development

Urban planning

Urban population

Urbanisation

Urban slums

Usages

Use

Utilization

Utilization, water -

Utilize

Utility

()V

Vacancy

( )Vacancy notice

( )Vaccination

Vaccination booths

Vaccination programme

Vaccine

Vaccine, BCG -

Vaccine, DPT -

( )Vaccine, heat-stable -

Vaccine, MMR - measles, mumps, rubella Vaccine monitor

Vaccine carrier

Vaccine potency

Vaccine-preventable diseases

Vaccine, triple -

( )Valid

Valid argument

( )Validity

Validity of results

Variable costs

Vector-born diseases

Vector control

Vector snails

Vegetable protein

Vehicle

() Veritable child survival

Victims

Video Cassette Recorder (VCR)

Video spot

Videotape

Village

Village-based Workers (VBWs)

Village council

Violence

Visible

Visual aids

Vital

Vital statistics

Vitamin

Vitaminosis

Vocabulary

Vocational rehabilitation

Vocational training

Voice

Voice for children

Voluntary

Voluntary societies

()Voluntary work

Volunteer

Vulnerable

Vulnerable, the

W

Waif

Waiting list

Waive

Waive a claim

Waive the responsibility of

Warning signs

Waste disposal

Wastage

Wastage, educational -

Wasting

Water and disease

Water-borne diseases

Water clarity

( )Waterdisinfection

Water, drinking -

Water examination

Water purification pills

Water resources

Water supply

Water quality

Water treatment

Wealth

Wealth of information

Weaning

Weaning centre

Weaning food

Weaning practices

( )Weanling

Weanling diarrhoea

Weight

Weight, birth -

Weight, low birth - (LBW)

Weight-for-age

Weight-for-height

Weight gain

Weight loss

Weight monitoring

Welfare

Welfare, child -

( )Welfare fund

Welfare, social -

( )Welfare society

Well-baby clinic

Well-being

() Wells

Wet-nurse

()WES Programmes

Whole milk

Whooping cough

Witch doctor

( )Woman

Women

Women's education

Women's organizations

( )Women's participation

Women's rights

Woman, pregnant -

Women in development

Women workers

Women's activities

Workers, health -

Working children

Workshop

( )Working conditions

( )Word processing

Word processor

Work

Work force

Workers

Work-load requirements

Work plan

World

World Conference on Education For All

World Declaration for Child Survival Protection and Development

World events

World Summit for Children (WSC)

World Conference on Education For All (WCEFA)

World fertility survey

World-wide

World-wide attention

World-wide response

World-wide support

Write off

.. X

X-radiation

X-ray

( )X-ray therapy

Xerophthalmia = night blindness

( )Y

Yearbook

Yearly report

Yellow fever

( )Yellow fever vaccine

Yield(s)

( )Young children

Youth

Youth organizations

ZZero population growth

Zonation

Zone

Zone, buffer -

ANNEX A

Arab and International Organizations

ACABQAdvisory Committe on Administrative and Budgetary Questions

ACASTDAdvisory Committee on the Application of Science & Technology for Development

ACC

Administrative Committe on Coordination

ACCISAdvisory Committee for the Coordination of Information Systems

ACPAQAdvisory Committe on Post Adjustment Questions

AI

Amnesty International

ALECSOArab Leage Educational, Cultural & Scientific Organization

ALO

Arab Labour Organization

AMF

Arab Monetary Fund

BCA

Basic Cooperation Agreement

CAEU

Council of Arab Economic Unity

CARE

Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere

CRC

Convention on the Rights of the Child

CEDAWUnited Nations Committe on the Elimination of Descrimination Against Women

CEE / CISCentral & Eastern Europe/

Commonwealth of Independant States (USSR formerly)

CFLI

Communication for Learning Initiative

DANIDADanish International Development Agency

DIESADepartment of International Economic & Social Affairs

EC

European Community

ECOSOCEconomic & Social Commission of the United Nations

ESCWAEconomic & Social Commission for Western Asia

EMROEastern Mediterranean Regional Office / WHO

ENDA

Environment and Development Agency (in the Third World)

( )

ESCAPEconomic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FPIA

Family Planning International Association GATT

General Agreement on Tariff and Trade

IADB

Inter-American Development Bank

IBFAN

International Baby Food Action Network IBRD

International Bank of Reconstruction and Development

ICC

Inter-Agency Cooperation Committee

ICIFI

International Council of Infant Food Industries

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross ICSC

International Civil Service Commission

ICVA

International Council of Voluntary Agencies

IDA

International Development Association IDWSSDInternational Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade

IFAD

Internation Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC

International Finance Corporation

IFDA

International Foundation for Development Alternatives

IFPP

International Federation of Planned Parenthood

IFPRI

International Food Policy & Research Institute (Washington)

()

ILO

International Labour Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INSTRANInternational Research & Training Institute for the Advancement of Women

IOCU

International Organization of Consumer Unions

IPPF

International Planned Parenthood Federation

IOM

International Organization of Migration

ISESCOIslamic Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

( )

ISPCANInternation Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse & Neglect

ITU

International Telecommunication Union

JCHP

Joint UNICEF/WHO Committee on Health Policy

JIU

Joint Inspection Unit

JNSP

Joint UNICEF/WHO Nutrition Support Programme

LAN

Local Area Network

OECD

Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development

OEOA

UN Office of Emergency Operations in Africa

OAPECOrganization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries

OPEC

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

PSO

Policy, Strategy, Oversight

SCF

Save the Children Fund

SCF

Save the Children Federation

SIDA

Swedish International Development Agency

TAG

Technology Advisory Group

UNCC

United Nations Credit Corporation UNCDFUnited Nations Capital Development Fund

UNCHSUnited Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat)

()

UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNCSDHAUnited Nations Centre for Social Development & Humanitarian Affairs

UNDC

United Nations Development Corporation UNDESAUnited Nations Divison of Economic & Social Affairs

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNDRCUnited Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

UNDROUnited Nations Disaster Relief Organization

UNDTCDUnited Nations Department of Technical Cooperation on Development

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme UNESOUnited Nations Economic & Social Office (Beirut)

UNESCOUnited Nations Educational, Scientific, & Cultural Organization

()

UNFPAUnited Nations Fund for Population Activities

UNHCRUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNIC

United Nations Information Centre UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund

()UNIDOUnited Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNIFELUnited Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

UNIFEMUnited Nations Development Fund for Women

UNITARUnited Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNTSOUnited Nations Trace Supervision Organization

UNU

United Nations University

UNJSPEUnited Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

UNPAGUnited Nations Protein Advisory Group

UNRISDUnited Nations Research Institute for Social Development

UNRWAUnited Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

UNRWAUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees

UNVP

United Nations Volunteer Programme UPA

United Palestinian Appeal (Gaza) ()UPEL

Universal Primary Education and Literacy

UPU

Universal Postal Union

USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development

USIA

United States Information Agency

( )WAB

World Alliance for Breastfeeding

WCC

World Council of Churches

WFC

World Food Council

WFP

World Food Programme

WHA

World Health Assembly

WHO

World Health Organization

YMCA

Young Men's Christian Association

YWCA Young Women's Christian Association

YWMA Young Women's Muslim Association ANNEX B

National & Regional Agencies

AGFUNDArab Gulf Fund for United Nations Development Organizations

AHRTAGAppropriate Health Resources & Technologies Action Group (London)

()

ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations

BIG

Breastfeeding Information Group

BRAC

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

CBATDSCommunity-based Appropriate Technology Development Services

CBERSCommunity-based Emergency Relief Services

CBIRDSCommunity-based Integrated Rural Development Services

CDC

Centre for Disease Control (Atlanta) ()CDR

Council for Development and Reconstruction (Lebanon)

()

DCI

Defense for Children International FAI

Italian Aid Fund

FAISA

Foundation for the Assistance of Children (Brazil)

()

GAPR

General Authority for Palestine Refugees (Syria)

()

IAP

Indian Academy of Pediatrics

ICDS

Integrated Child Development Services

ICC

International Child Centre

ICH

Institute of Child Health (London)

()JOICFPJapanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning

KFAEDKuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development

LTC

Lactation Training Centre

MAP

Medical Aid for Palestinians

MECC

Middle East Council of Churches

MECTATMiddle East Centre for the Transfer of Appropriate Technology (Beirut)

()

OAS

Organization of American States

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OXFAMOxford Famine Relief Organization RDC

Rural Development Centre (Salkhad/Syria)

( / )

SAARCSouth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

SPC

State Planning Commission (Syria) ()SSHCWSSocial Security, Health Care and Welfare System (Brazil)

()

TALC

Teaching Aids at Low Cost (London)

()ANNEX C

Abbreviations Used By UNICEF and Other Organizations

AARR

Average Annual Reduction Rate ACV

Actual Cash Value

AFH

All For Health

AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ()

ANM

Auxiliary Nurse-Midwife

()AP

Animal Protein

APB

Annual Programme Budget

APC

Appointment & Placement Committee ARI

Acute Respiratory Infection

AT

Appropriate Technology

AWHFAdjustment With a Human Face

BAL

Basic Assistance List

BFHI

Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative

BI

Bamako Initiative

BMS

Breast Milk Substituties

BPRC

Budget Planning & Review Committee BRC

Budget Review Committee

CAR

Cash Assistance Report

CBDS

Country Basic Data Sheet

CBIRDCommunity-Based Integrated Rural Development

CBR

Crude Birth Rate

CCF

Cash Call Forward

CDD

Control of Diarrhoeal Diseases

CDR

Child Death Rate

CEDC

Children in Especially Difficult Circumstance CFL

Communication For Learning

CIDA

Canadian Internation Development Agency

CLASSChild Labour Abolishment Support Scheme CPFL

Community Participation & Family Life CPI

Consumer Price Index

CPP

Country Programme Profile

CPR

Country Programme Review

CRC*

Convention on the Rights of the Child CREDACentre for Rural Education & Development Association CRS

Catholic Relief Services

CSD

Child Survival & Development Revolution CV

Curriculum Vitae

DAC

Development Aid Committee

DEEDSData Enhanced Display System ()DHS

Demographic health Survey

DMB

Division of Management & Budget DMO

District Medical Officer

( )DOI

Division of Information

DPA

Division of Public Affairs

DPH

Diploma of Public Health

DPT

Diphteria, Pertussis, Tetanus

( )DRAWDietary Recall Analysis Worksheet DSA

Daily Subsistence Allowance

DWCRADevelopment of Women & Children in Rural Areas EAPROEast Asia & Pakistan Regional Office ECA

Economic Commission for Africa

ECLA

Economic Commission for Latin America

ECUs

European Currency Units

EDP

Electronic Data Processing ()EFA

Education For All

EMB

Expressed Breast Milk

E-NETElectronic Information Network

EPI

Expanded Programme of Immunization ESAROEastern & Southern Africa Regional Office (Nairobi) ()FFL

Facts For Life

FGD

Focus Group Discussion

FIT

Funds-in-trust FWA

Family Welfare Assistants

GAD

Gender and Development

GCC

Greeting Cards Committee

GCO

Greeting Card Operation

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GFSS

Global Field Support Services

GIC

Interministerial Coordinating Group GNP

Gross National Product

GOBI

Growth Monitoring, Oral Rehydration, Breastfeeding & Immunization

GSA

Global Staff Association

HAs

Health Assistants

HIV

Human Immuno-deficiency Virus

ICC

International Children's Centre

ICCR

Interfaith Centre on Corporate Responsibilities ICDS

Integrated Child Development Services ICMI

Infant & Child Mortality Index

ICSC

International Civil Service Commission IDD

Iodine Deficiency Disorders

IDWSSDInternational Drinking Water Supply & Sanitation Decade

IGS

Intergovernmental Committee

ILEB

Increase in Life Expectancy at Birth IMR

Infant Mortality Rate (Annual number of infant deaths, under one year of age per 1000 live births)

( 1000 )

IMRR

Infant Mortality Reduction Reserve IPEC

International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour

( )IRM

Information Resources Management IWD

International Women's Day

JCC

Joint Consultative Committee

JCP

Job Classification Panel

JCGP

Joint Consultative Group on Policy (UNICEF, UNDP, UNFPA)

JDC

Joint Disciplary Committee

KAP

Knowledge, Attitude, Practices

LBW

Low Birth Weight

LDCs

The Least-developed Countries

LEB

Life Expectancy at Birth

LHV

Lady Health Visitor

MCH

Maternal & Child Health

MCHCsMaternal & Child Health Centres

MDGs *

Mid-Decade Goals

MENA

UNICEF Regional Office for the Middle East & North Africa

MIP

Medical Insurance Plan

MES

Malaria Eradication Service

MICS

Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys MIP

Medical Insurance Plan

MM+HPMass Media & Health Personnel

MMR

Maternal Mortality Rate

MMR

Monthly Monitoring Report

MMR

Measles, Mumps, Rubella

( ) MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPA

Master of Public Administration

MPH

Master of Public Health

MPOs

Master Plan of Operations

MPW

Multi-Pirpose Workers

NCCs

National Coordination Committees NGOs

Non-Governmental Organizations NIDs

National Immunization Days

NPAs

National Plans of Action

()NPA

National Programme of Action

NPCs

National Planning Councils

() NPO

National Professional Officer

NVP

National Vaccination Programme

()OBO

Outstanding Budgetary Obligations ODA

Oversease Development Assistance ODM

Oversease Development Ministry

OPV

Oral Polio Vaccine

ORS

Oral Rehydration Salts

ORT

Oral Rehydration Therapy

ORWsOral Rehydration Workers

OTEP

Oral Therapy Extension Programme PAS

Personnel Appraisal System

PC

Programme Communications

PCD

Protein-Calorie Deficiency

PEM

Protein Energy Malnutrition

PER

Personnel Evaluation Report

PFO

Programme Funding Office

PHC

Primary Health Care

PHN

Public Health Nurse

PHS

Public Health Services

PO

Purchase Order

POA

Programme of Assistance

PPA

Project Plan of Action

PPE

Poverty, Population Growth, & Environmental Deterioration PPWDPlanned Parenthood & Women's Development

PQLI

Physical Quality of Life Index

PROMSProgramme Management System

PSC

Project Support Communications

PV

Payment Voucher

PVOs

Private Voluntary Organizations

RCHP

Rural Community Health Programme RINE

Rehydration, Immunization, Nutrition & Education

RORD

Rural Organization for Regional Development ROSCARegional Office for South & Central Asia (New Delhi)

SAP

Selection Advisory Panel

SAP

Special Aid Projects

SAR

Supply Assistance Report SCM

Sweetened Condensed Milk

SEHACSpecial Events Headquarters Advisory Committee

( )

SHS

Section Health Services

SIMS

Standard Input Monitoring System SL

Supply List

SOWCRState of the World's Children Report SSA

Special Service Agreement

SSUs

Social Service Units

STD

Sex-Transmitted Diseases

SWF

Staff Welfare Fund

TACROThe American & Carribean Regional Office TAD

Target Arrival Date

TB

Tuberculosis

TBA

Traditional Birth Attendant

TCDC

Technical Cooperation among Developing Countries

TCID

Tissue Culture Infective Dose

TCs

Team Coordinators

TFR

Total Fertility Rate

TT

Tetanus Toxoid

TV

Television

UBS

Urban Basic Services

UCD

Urban Community Development

UCI

Universal Child Immunization

UDD

Urban Development Department

UNIPACUNICEF Packing & Assembly Centre in Copenhagen ()

UPE

Universal Primary Education VBWs

Village-Based Workers

VCR

Video-Cassette Recorder

VHC

Village Health Communicators

VHCs

Village Health Committees

VHVs

Village Health Volunteers

WATSANWater and Sanitation

WCAROWest & Central Africa Regional Office WES

Water & Environmental Sanitation WFS

World Fertility Survey

WID

Women in Development

WSC*

World Summit for Children

Encourages the establishment of creches in workplace allows working mothers some time to breastfeed their children

( 1989)

* 1995

* 29 30 () 1990

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