Abbreviations and Acronyms
ACRWC
ANC
AU
BEmONC
CARMMA
CEmONC
CFN
CPN
CRC
CREP
DDR
DVA
ECOWAS
EPI
ESSF
FGM/C
FHCI
FIT
FSU
GoSL
HDI
HRCSL
HRCSL
i-CCM
ILO
IMAM
IMCI
IMNCI
IMR
JSS
LTM
M&E
MDGs
MEST
MLG
MSWGCA
MMR
MOFED
MoHS
NaCGBV
NaCWAC
NCC
NFR
OPAC
OPSC
SAM
SCSL
SLP
SRH
SSS
STIs
TRC
U5MR
UN
WHO
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African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Antenatal Care
African Union
Basic emergency obstetric and neonatal care
Campaign for Accelerated Reduction in Maternal and Child Mortality in Africa
Comprehensive emergency obstetric and neonatal care
Children’s Forum Network
Child Protection network
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Complementary Rapid Education Programme
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration
Domestic Violence Act
Economic Community of West African States
Expanded Programme on Immunization
Education Sector Support Fund
Female Genital Mutilation / Cutting
Free Health Care Initiative
Facility Improvement Tracking
Family Support Unit
Government of Sierra Leone
Human Development Index
Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone
Integrated Community Case Management
International Labour Organization
Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
Integrated Management of Neonatal and Children’s Illnesses
Infant Mortality rate
Junior Secondary School
Learning and Teaching Materials
Monitoring and Evaluation
Millennium Development Goals
Ministry of Education, Science and technology
Ministry of Local Government
Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs
Maternal Mortality rate
Ministry of Finance and Economic Development
Ministry of Health and Sanitation
National Commission for Gender Based Violence
National Commission for War Affected Children
National Commission for Children
National Fertility Rate
Optional Protocol on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
Severe Acute Malnutrition
Special Court for Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Police
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Senior Secondary School
Sexually Transmitted illnesses
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Under five Mortality rate
United Nations
World Health Organization
Government of
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