Abbreviations
- ACO
accountable care organization
- ADL
activities of daily living
- AMC
advance market commitment
- AMI
acute myocardial infarction
- AMR
antimicrobial resistance
- APVAX
Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility
- ART
antiretroviral therapy
- ATMP
advanced therapy medicinal product
- AUGE
Acceso Universal con Garantias Explicitas
- BARDA
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
- BMGF
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- CARB-X
Combating Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Biopharmaceutical Accelerator
- CBHI
community-based health insurance
- CHE
current health expenditure
- COPD
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- COVID-19
coronavirus disease
- CPRO
COVID-19 Pandemic Response Option
- CSMBS
Civil Servant Medical Benefit Scheme (Thailand)
- DAC
Development Assistance Committee
- DALY
disability-adjusted life-year
- DG-RTD
Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
- DNDi
Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative
- DRG
diagnosis-related group
- EBI
Evidence-Based Interventions (programme)
- ECO
Economic Cooperation Organization
- EDCTP
European and Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnership
- EIB
European Investment Bank
- EMA
European Medicines Agency
- EU
European Union
- FFS
Fee-for-service
- FDA
Food & Drug Administration
- GAMRIF
Global Antimicrobial Resistance Innovation Fund
- GARDP
Global Antibiotic Research and Development Partnership
- G-BA
Federal Joint Committee (Germany)
- GDP
gross domestic product
- GNI
gross national income
- GHS
global health security
- GP
general practitioner
- HBP
health benefits package
- HERA
Health Preparedness and Response Authority
- HNP
health, nutrition and population
- HICs
high-income countries
- HSFA
Health Security Financing Assessment
- HTA
health technology assessment
- IADL
instrumental activities of daily living
- ICER
incremental cost–effectiveness ratio
- IMF
International Monetary Fund
- IMI
Innovative Medicines Initiative
- INHS
Italian National Health Service
- INN
international nonproprietary name
- IPR
intellectual property rights
- JPIAMR
Joint Programming Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance
- LICs
low-income countries
- LMICs
low- and middle-income countries
- LTC
long-term care
- MDB
Multilateral Development Bank
- MMV
Medicines for Malaria Venture
- MRC
Medical Research Council
- MSF
Médecins sans Frontières
- NAPHS
National Action Plan for Health Security
- NCD
noncommunicable disease
- ND4BB
New Drugs for Bad Bugs
- NGO
nongovernmental organization
- NHA
National Health Accounts
- NHS
National Health Service (United Kingdom)
- NHIS
National Health Insurance Scheme
- NIAID
National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases (USA)
- NICE
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (United Kingdom)
- NIHR
National Institute for Health Research (United Kingdom)
- ODA
official development assistance
- OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
- OOP
out-of-pocket
- P4C
pay for coordination
- P4P
pay for performance
- P4Q
pay for quality
- PCO
primary care organization
- PCP
primary care physician
- PCV
pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
- PDP
product development partnership
- PEF
Pandemic Emergency Finance Facility
- PPL
priority pathogens list
- PRV
priority review voucher
- QOF
Quality and Outcomes Framework
- QuODA
Quality of Official Development Assistance
- R&D
research and development
- REDISSE
Regional Disease Surveillance Systems Enhancement (initiative)
- SAP
structural adjustment programme
- SDG
Sustainable Development Goal
- SHA
System of Health Accounts
- SHARE
Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe
- SHI
social health insurance
- SME
small and medium-sized enterprise
- SSNIT
Social Security and National Insurance Trust
- TATFAR
Transatlantic Task Force on Antimicrobial Resistance
- TB
tuberculosis
- TIPR
transferable intellectual property rights
- TPEs
transferable patent extensions
- UCS
Universal Coverage Scheme (Thailand)
- UHC
universal health coverage
- UMICs
upper-middle-income countries
- UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
- USA
United States of America
- VAT
value-added tax
- VHI
voluntary health insurance
- WHO
World Health Organization