Dr Rai Muhammad Amir

Assistant Professor
Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences

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ACF Action Contre le Faim

AFASS Acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe

ALNAP Active Learning Network for Accountability & Performance

ARV Antiretroviral (treatment of AIDS)

BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin (vaccination against tuberculosis)

BFHI Baby friendly hospital initiative

BMI Body mass index

BMS Breast milk substitute

CAP Consolidated appeals process

CBO Community based organization

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CBTD Community based targeting and distribution (of food aid)

CDC Centre for Disease Control (US)

CERF Central emergency response fund

CHAP Consolidated humanitarian action plan

CHASE Conflict, humanitarian and security department (of DFID)

CHW Community health workers

CI Confidence interval

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CIMIC Civil-military cooperation

CMAM Community based management of acute malnutrition

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CMR Crude mortality rate

CRED Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

CRS Catholic Relief Services

CSB Corn soya blend

CTC Community therapeutic care

DAC Development assistance committee

DEC Disasters Emergency Committee (of UK agencies)

DFID Department for Int. Development (of UK government)

DHA Department for Humanitarian Affairs

DHS Demographic and health surveys

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DRC Danish Refugees Council

DSM Dried skimmed milk

ECB Emergency Capacity Building project

ECHO European Community Humanitarian Organization

EMOP Emergency operation (by WFP)

ESFP Emergency supplementary feeding programme

ENA Emergency nutrition assessment

ENN Emergency Nutrition Network

ERC Emergency relief coordinator

ESFP Emergency supplementary feeding programmes

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ACF Action Contre le Faim

AFASS Acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe

ALNAP Active Learning Network for Accountability & Performance

ARV Antiretroviral (treatment of AIDS)

BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin (vaccination against tuberculosis)

BFHI Baby friendly hospital initiative

BMI Body mass index

BMS Breast milk substitute

CAP Consolidated appeals process

CBO Community based organization

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ACF Action Contre le Faim

AFASS Acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe

ALNAP Active Learning Network for Accountability & Performance

ARV Antiretroviral (treatment of AIDS)

BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin (vaccination against tuberculosis)

BFHI Baby friendly hospital initiative

BMI Body mass index

BMS Breast milk substitute

CAP Consolidated appeals process

CBO Community based organization

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EWS Early warning system

FANTA Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization

FFW Food for work

FSAU Food Security Analysis Unit

GAM Global acute malnutrition

GFD General food distribution

GHD Good humanitarian donorship

HAP Humanitarian Accountability Partnership

HBC Home based care

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HDR Humanitarian daily ration

HFA Height for age

HIS Health information system

HIV Human immunodeficiency virus

IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee

IBFAN International Baby Food Action Network

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

IDD Iodine deficiency disorder

IDP Internally displaced person

IEC Information, education and communication

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IFE Infant and young child feeding in emergencies

IFRC International Federation of the Red Cross

IGA Income generation activity

IHL International humanitarian law

IMCI Integrated management of childhood illnesses

IRA Initial rapid assessment

IYCF Infant and young child feeding

KABP Knowledge, attitude, beliefs and practice

LBW Low birth weight

LQAS Lot quality assurance sampling

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MCH Mother and child health

MDD Micronutrient deficiency disorder

MDG Millennium development goal

MICS Multi-indicator cluster surveys

MOH Ministry of Health

MOU Memorandum of understanding

MSF Medecins San Frontieres

MTCT Mother to child transmission (of HIV)

MUAC Mid upper arm circumference

NCHS National Center for Health Statistics

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NGT Naso-gastric tube

NICS Nutrition information in crisis situations (bulletin of the SCN)

NIE Nutrition in emergencies

NIV Nutrient intake values

OSDM On-site distribution monitoring (of food aid)

OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ODA Official development assistance

ODAN Emergency needs assessment branch (of WFP)

ODI Overseas Development Institute

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

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OFDA Office for disaster assistance (of USAID)

ORS Oral rehydration solution

OTP Outpatient

PDM Post-distribution monitoring (of food aid)

PLWHA People living with HIV and AIDs

PMTCT Prevention of mother to child transmission (of HIV)

RC Relief Committee

RTF Ready to feed formula

RUTF Ready to use therapeutic food

SD Standard deviation
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SAM Severe acute malnutrition

SCHR Steering committee for humanitarian response (of NGOs)

SCN Standing Committee on Nutrition (of the UN)

SC-UK Save the Children Fund UK

SLI Safe levels of intake

SMART Standardized Monitoring & Assessment of Relief & Transitions

SFP Supplementary feeding programme

STI Sexually transmitted infection

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Fund

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