Ethical and Legal Considerations in Mitigating Pandemic Disease: Workshop Summary (2007)
Chapter: Appendix B Acronyms
Appendix B
Acronyms
ABM agent-based models
ACIP Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices
AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APHA American Public Health Association
ARV Antiretroviral
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
BSE bovine spongiform encephalopathy
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CISAC Committee on International Security and Arms Control
CSTE Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists
DHS U.S. Department of Homeland Security
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
GEIS Global Emerging Infections System
GOARN Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network
GPHIN Global Public Health Intelligence Network
HHS Department of Health and Human Services
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HRSA Health Resources and Services Administration
HSC Homeland Security Council
ICU Intensive Care Unit
IHR International Health Regulations
IOM Institute of Medicine
MIDAS Models of Infectious Disease Agent Study
NGO Nongovernmental organization
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIPPP National Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Plans
NPI Nonpharmaceutical Interventions
NSPI National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
NVAC National Vaccine Advisory Committee
NYAM New York Academy of Medicine
OIE Office International des Epizooties (World Organization for Animal Health)
PAHO Pan-American Health Organization
PATH Program for Appropriate Technology in Health
PPE personal protective equipment
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SNS Strategic National Stockpile
UN United Nations
UNAIDS United Nations Programme on AIDS
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
WHO World Health Organization
