List of Abbreviations

• ARV Antiretroviral Medication
• COT Cotrimoxazole or staging CPT Co trimoxazole
• AFB Acid Fast Bacilli
• ARV Antiretroviral Therapy
• ART Antiretroviral Therapy
• AZT Zidovudine
• CLD Chronic Lung Disease
• CMV Cytomegalovirus
• CXR Chest X-ray
• EFV Efavirenz
• GV Gentian Violet
• Hb Haemoglobin
• HBV Hepatitis B Virus
• HCV Hepatitis C Virus
• HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• HSV Herpes Simplex Virus
• INH Isoniazid
• IRIS Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome
• IRD Immune Reconstitution Disease
• LIP Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonitis
• OD Once Daily
• ORS Oral Rehydration Solution
• NVP Nevirapine
• PJP Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia
• PPE Papular Pruritic Eruptions
• pKS Pulmonary KS
• pTB Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• RUTF Ready to Use Therapeutic Food
• SFP Supplementary Feeding Program
• TDS 8-hourly
• W/A Weight-for-age
• W/H Weight-for-height
• WHO World Health Organisation