Abbreviations and Acronyms¶

| AIDS  | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome  |
| CDISC  | Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium  |
| CDSS  | Clinical Decision Support systems   |
| CSO   | Central Statistics Office  |
| DATIM  | Data for Accountability, Transparency and Impact Monitoring  |
| DHIS2  | District Health Information System 2  |
| DISAl ab  | multi-disciplinary and multi-lingual laboratory information system (LIS)  |
| eLMIS  | electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS)  |
| ESGP  | Economic Stabilization and Growth Programme  |
| FHIR  | Fast Health Interoperability Resources  |
| GDP  | Gross Domestic Product  |
| HIE Standards  | Electronic health information exchange  |
| HIV  | human immunodeficiency virus  |
| HL7  | Health Level Seven  |
| HMIS  | Health Management Information System  |
| ICD 10  | International Classification of Diseases  |
| ICT  | Information & Communication Technologies  |
| IHE  | Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise  |
| INRIS  | Integrated National Registration Information System  |
| MDAs  | Ministries Departments & Agencies  |
| OpenHIM  | Open Health Information Mediator  |
| OpenMRS  | Open Medical Record System  |
| REA  | Rural Electrification Authority  |
| SDG  | Sustainable Development Goals   |
| SNOMED  | Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine -- Clinical Terms  |
| STI’s  | Sexually Transmitted Infections  |
| SZI  | Smart Zambia Institute  |
| TB  | Tuberculosis  |
| TWG  | Technical Working Group  |
| UNZA  | The University of Zambia  |
| WHO  | World Health Organisation   |
| ZABS  | Zambia Bureau of Standards  |
| ZDHS  | Zambia Demographic & Health Survey  |
| ZESCO  | Zambia Electric Company  |
| ZICTA  | Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority  |