GLOSSARY

BBC British Broadcasting Corporation

CA Civil Affairs (military section dealing with issues relating to civilians)

CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CMOC Civil-Military Operations Center (military operation center providing information to NGOs involved in work here)

HACC Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center

HOC Humanitarian Operations Center

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

IMC International Medical Corps

IRC International Rescue Committee

MSF Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)

NGO Nongovernmental organization; a private humanitarian aid group

ORHA Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance

PPE Personal protective equipment

TBA Traditional birth attendant

Triage Literally to ‘sort out’: to determine who is sickest and requires immediate care, and who can wait to be seen

UN United Nations

UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: The UN Refugee Agency

UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development

UXOs Unexploded ordnance

WFP World Food Programme

WHO World Health Organization