Acronyms Used in this Report AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome – ART Antiretroviral treatments – BCC Behaviour Change Communication – D & A Drugs and alcohol – FHI Family Health International – FSW Female sex workers – GIPA Greater Involvement of People with AIDS – HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus – HRSS - High-Risk Settings Strategy IEC Information and Education Communication material – M&E Monitoring and Evaluation – MSM Men who have sex with men – MSW Male sex workers – NAC National AIDS Council – NHATU National HIV AND AIDS Training Unit – NGO Non-Government Organisation – PAC Provincial Aids Council – PLHIVA People/Person living with HIV AND AIDS – PMV Public vehicle, a minibus or truck used as public transport – PNG Papua New Guinea – PO Project Officer (Tingim Laip) – RC Regional Coordinator (Tingim Laip) – STI Sexually Transmitted Illness – TL Tingim Laip – TOT Training of trainers – VBA Volunteer Birth Attendant – VCT Voluntary Counselling and Testing clinics. – VPM Volunteer Process Model – Glossary of Tok Pisin Terms Used in this Report buai betel nut chewed with lime and long pepper, lightly narcotic and highly addictive – haus krai the days of mourning for the dead prior to burial, done in the house of the deceased with – relatives and friends coming all day and night sometimes sleeping on the premises kina the PNG currency equivalent of a dollar – man man – maricin - medicine meri woman – the PNG currency equivalent of cents toea – tok pisin the language of PNG, a creole language mainly combing Motu (a tok ples) and English. – tok ples the language of a tribe/village/community – wantok depending on the context it can mean family, kin, or close friend – woksol work done from one’s heart –
Acronyms Used in this Report AIDS – Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ART – Antiretroviral treatments BCC – Behaviour Change Communication D & A – Drugs and alcohol FHI – Family Health International FSW – Female sex workers GIPA – Greater Involvement of People with AIDS HIV – Human Immunodeficiency Virus HRSS - High-Risk Settings Strategy IEC – Information and Education Communication material M&E – Monitoring and Evaluation MSM – Men who have sex with men MSW – Male sex workers NAC – National AIDS Council NHATU – National HIV AND AIDS Training Unit NGO – Non-Government Organisation PAC – Provincial Aids Council PLHIVA – People/Person living with HIV AND AIDS PMV – Public vehicle, a minibus or truck used as public transport PNG – Papua New Guinea PO – Project Officer (Tingim Laip) RC – Regional Coordinator (Tingim Laip) STI – Sexually Transmitted Illness TL – Tingim Laip TOT – Training of trainers VBA – Volunteer Birth Attendant VCT – Voluntary Counselling and Testing clinics. VPM – Volunteer Process Model Glossary of Tok Pisin Terms Used in this Report buai – betel nut chewed with lime and long pepper, lightly narcotic and highly addictive haus krai – the days of mourning for the dead prior to burial, done in the house of the deceased with relatives and friends coming all day and night sometimes sleeping on the premises kina – the PNG currency equivalent of a dollar man – man maricin - medicine meri – woman toea – the PNG currency equivalent of cents tok pisin – the language of PNG, a creole language mainly combing Motu (a tok ples) and English. tok ples – the language of a tribe/village/community wantok – depending on the context it can mean family, kin, or close friend woksol – work done from one’s heart