Strategy for Pooled Procurement of Essential Medicines and Health Commodities, 2013-2017 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AfDB African Development Bank AIDS Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome CHAI Clinton Health Access Initiative DRC Democratic Republic of Congo FOB Free-on-Board GDP Gross Domestic Product HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus LMIS Logistics Management Information System M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MSH Management Sciences for Health NEPAD The New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Nongovernmental organisation PSM Procurement and supply management SADC Southern African Development Community SHD&SP Directorate of Human and Social Development and Special Programmes SOP Standard operating procedure SPPS SADC Pharmaceutical Procurement Services RISDP Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan TB Tuberculosis TIFI Trade Industry Finance and Investment TRIPS Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNDP United Nations Development Programme USD US dollar WHO World Health Organization 3