| AAH |
Action Against Hunger |
| ACC/SCN |
Administrative Committee on Coordination/Sub-Committee on Nutrition |
| ACF |
Action Contre La Faim |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| AED |
Academy for Educational Development |
| AIDS |
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| ANDI |
African Nutrition Database Initiative |
| BFHI |
Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative |
| BMI |
body mass index |
| CAC |
Codex Alimentarius Commission |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CEC |
Commission of the European Communities |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CMR |
crude mortality rate |
| DALYs |
disability-adjusted life years |
| DES |
dietary energy supply |
| DFID |
Department for International Development |
| DHA |
Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
| DHS |
Demographic Health Survey |
| DRC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECOMOG |
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) Cease-fire Monitoring Group |
| EHA |
Emergency and Humanitarian Action |
| EMOP |
Emergency Operation |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FEWS |
Famine Early Warning System |
| FSAU |
Food Security Assessment Unit |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GIEWS |
Global Information and Early Warning System |
| GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
| HINAP |
Health Information Network for Advance Planning |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| HKI |
Helen Keller International |
| IAEA |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| ICCIDD |
International Council for the Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders |
| ICH |
Institute of Child Health |
| ICMR |
Indian Council of Medical Research |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICRW |
International Center for Research on Women |
| IDA |
iron deficiency anaemia |
| IDD |
iodine deficiency disorders |
| IDPs |
internally displaced people |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFLS |
Indonesian Family Life Surveys |
| IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IFRC |
International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IIH |
iodine-induced hyperthyroidism |
| ILO |
International Labour Organisation |
| IMR |
infant mortality rate |
| INCAP |
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IRRI |
International Rice Research Institute |
| IUGR |
intra-uterine growth retardation |
| IUNS |
International Union of Nutritional Sciences |
| IVACG |
International Vitamin A Consultative Group |
| JFAM |
Joint Food Assessment Mission |
| LBW |
low birthweight |
| LSHTM |
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| NCHS |
National Center for Health Statistics |
| MI |
Micronutrient Initiative, Ottawa |
| MOH |
Ministry of Health |
| MoU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MSF |
Médecins Sans Frontières |
| MUAC |
mid-upper arm circumference |
| NAS |
National Academy of Sciences |
| NFI |
Nutrition Foundation of India |
| NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
| NID |
National Immunization Day |
| OCHA |
Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs |
| ODI |
Overseas Development Institute |
| OFDA |
Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| OLS |
Operation Lifeline Sudan |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| PCD |
Partnership for Child Development |
| PPRO |
Protracted Relief and Recover Operation |
| QIP |
quick impact project |
| RNIS |
Refugee and Internally Displaced Populations Nutrition Information System |
| SCF |
Save the Children Fund |
| SD |
standard deviation |
| SMERU |
Social Monitoring and Early Response Unit |
| SUSENAS |
National Socioeconomic Survey, Indonesia |
| TSH |
thyroid stimulating hormone |
| U5MR |
under-five mortality rate |
| UNAIDS |
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO |
United National Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Fund for Population Activities |
| UNHCHR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| UNHCR |
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNITA |
National Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
| UNRISD |
United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UNU |
United Nations University |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USCR |
United States Committee for Refugees |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USI |
universal salt iodization |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
