ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

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AIDS

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

HPV

human papillomavirus

HSV

herpes simplex virus

HSV-2

herpes simplex virus type 2

NAAT

nucleic acid amplification test

PCR

polymerase chain reaction

PICO

population, intervention, comparator, outcome

PrEP

pre-exposure prophylaxis

RPR

rapid plasma reagin

STI

sexually transmitted infection

TPHA

Treponema pallidum haemagglutination assay

TPPA

Treponema pallidum particle agglutination assay

UNAIDS

United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

VDRL

Venereal Diseases Research Laboratory