ARI  Acute respiratory infection

CDC  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CSPA  Center for the Study of Policy Attitudes

Developed Countries  A classification that has evolved over time to include 23 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Developing Country  This designation includes all countries that are not classified as industrial. The developing countries can further be divided into subgroups such as the poorest developing countries (46 nations) and the heavily indebted poor countries (15 countries).

DHHS  Department of Health and Human Services

DoD  Department of Defense

GDP  Gross domestic product

GII  Global information infrastructure

GNP  Gross national product

ICH  International Congress of Harmonization

INAHTA  International Network of Agencies for Health Technology Assessment

INCLEN  International Clinical Epidemiology Network

Industrial Country  One of the developed countries. The newly industrializing Asian economies (Hong Kong; Korea; Singapore; and Taiwan, China) are still designated as developing economies.

ISTC  International Science and Technology Center

NGO  Nongovernmental organization

NIH  National Institutes of Health

OECD  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PAHO  Pan American Health Organization

PTSD  Posttraumatic stress disorder

UN  United Nations

UNDP  United Nations Development Programme

USAID  U.S. Agency for International Development

WHO  World Health Organization