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Acronyms

AfCHPR African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
ACHPR African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights
ACHR American Convention on Human Rights
ADRDM American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guérin
CRC Convention on the Rights of the Child
DETECT Child TB Decentralise TB services and Engage Communities to Transform lives of Children with TB
ECHR European Court of Human Rights
ESCR Revised European Social Charter
HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
ICESCR International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
MSF Médecins Sans Frontières
R&D Research and Development
RH Rifampicin and Isoniazid (in combination)
TB Tuberculosis
UN United Nations
WHO World Health Organization