| AACHRD |
African Advisory Committee for Health Research and Development |
| ADR |
Adverse Drug Reactions |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMA-PM |
American Medical Association Physician Masterfile |
| ANC |
African National Congress |
| ART |
Antiretroviral therapy |
| AU |
African Union |
| ATM |
African Traditional Medicine |
| AVR |
Antiretroviral |
| BMA |
British Medical Association |
| CAM |
Conventional, Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| CNCR |
Chief Native Commissioner’s Report |
| CITES |
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna |
| CGE |
Commission on Gender Equality |
| CWA |
Catholic Women’s Association |
| DOH |
South African Department of Health |
| EBM |
Evidence Based Medicine |
| ECA |
Economic Commission for Africa |
| ENE |
Estimate of National Expenditure |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
| GHS |
General Household Survey |
| HAART |
Highly active antiretroviral therapy |
| HIV |
Human Immuno-deficiency Virus |
| HSRC |
Human Sciences Research Council |
| IDP |
Integrated Development Plan |
| IK |
Indigenous Knowledge |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMPD |
Institute for Multi-party Democracy |
| IPR |
Intellectual Property Rights |
| IIDMM |
Institute for Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine |
| IMPD |
Institute for Multi-Party Democracy |
| KSD |
King Sabatha Dalindyebo |
| KZNTHC |
KwaZulu-Natal Traditional Healer’s Council |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council |
| MINSANTE |
Ministère de la Santé Publique (Ministry of Public Health) |
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Natural Product Alert database |
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| NACOTHA |
National Council of Traditional Healers and Herbalists Association |
| NCCAM |
National Centre for Complementary and Alternative Medicine |
| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| MDI |
Multidimensional Poverty Index |
| NIH |
National Institute of Health |
| NTM |
Natural and Traditional Medicine |
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NRCATM National Reference Centre for African Traditional Medicines |
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| NTFPs |
Non-Timber Forestry Products |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| PEPFAR |
United States Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| PrEP |
pre-exposure prophylaxis |
| PHC |
Primary Health Care |
| PLHIV |
People Living with HIV |
| PRC |
People’s Republic of China |
| RCTs |
Randomized Controlled Trials |
| RDP |
Reconstruction and Development Plan |
| RSA |
Republic of South Africa |
| SAHPRA |
South African Health Product Regulatory Authority |
| SAP |
Structural Adjustment Programme |
| SSA |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
| SAHSMI |
South African Herbal Science and Medicine Institute |
| SDA |
Sustainable Development Agenda |
| Stats SA |
Statistics South Africa |
| STD |
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| STIs |
Sexually Transmissible Infections |
| TAC |
Treatment Action Campaign |
| TasP |
Universal Treatment as Prevention Strategy for HIV |
| TBAs |
Traditional Birth Attendants |
| THCPs |
Traditional Health Care Practitioners |
| TCAM |
Traditional, Alternative and Complementary Medicine |
| TCHM |
Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine |
| TCM |
Traditional Chinese Medicine |
| TK |
Traditional Knowledge |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Industrial Organization |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNIDO |
United Nations Industrial Organization |
| US |
United States of America |
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United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
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| UNAIDUnited Nations Agency for International Development | |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Economic Social and Cultural Organization |
| VCT |
Voluntary Counselling and Testing |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WIPO |
World Intellectual Property Rights Organization |
| WSU |
Walter Sisulu University |