Glossary of Abbreviations
AHEI |
Alternate Healthy Eating Index |
BMJ |
British Medical Journal |
BTT |
Benefit-based tailored treatment |
CE |
Cost-effectiveness |
CEA |
Cost-Effectiveness Analysis |
CD |
Communicable diseases |
CHEERS |
Consolidated Health Economic Evaluation Standards |
CONSORT |
Consolidated Standards Of Reporting Trials |
CVD |
Cardiovascular diseases |
DALY |
Disability-adjusted life-year |
DASH |
Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension |
DCP |
Disease Control Priorities |
DIY |
Do It Yourself |
EQ-5D |
EuroQol 5-dimensional questionnaire |
EQUATOR |
Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency of Healthcare Research |
EURONHEED |
European Network of Health Economics Evaluation Databases |
FCTC |
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control |
GEAR |
Guide to Health Economic Analysis and Research |
GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
GH |
Global Health |
HIAS |
Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study |
HITAP |
Health Intervention and Technology Assessment Program |
HEI |
Healthy Eating Index |
HLC |
High-level Commission |
HTA |
Health Technology Assessment |
I$ |
International dollars |
ICER |
Incremental cost-effectiveness ratio |
iDSI |
international Decision Support Initiative |
IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
ISPOR |
International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research |
JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
KEMRI |
Kenya Medical Research Institute |
LCSs |
low calorie sweeteners |
LMICs |
Low- and middle-income countries |
NCD |
Non-communicable diseases |
NPP |
NCD Prevention Project |
NICE |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence in England and Wales |
NHS |
National Health Service (United Kingdom) |
OECD |
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
PEN |
Package of essential non-communicable disease interventions |
PMAC |
Prince Mahidol Award Conference |
PMAF |
Prince Mahidol Award Foundation |
PRICELESS SA |
Priority Cost-Effective Lessons for System Strengthening in South Africa |
PRISMA |
Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
QALY |
Quality-adjusted life-year |
RCT |
Randomized controlled trial |
RCSC |
Royal Civil Service Commission |
SEED |
Systematic thinking for Evidence-based and Efficient Decision-Making |
SF-6D |
Short-Form Six-Dimension |
SSB |
Sugar-sweetened beverage |
STROBE |
Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology |
THF |
Thai Health Promotion Foundation |
T2DM |
Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
TTT |
Treat-to-target |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UN |
United Nations |
US |
United States |
USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
USD |
US dollars |
WHO |
World Health Organization |
WTP |
Willingness-to-pay |