Continuing professional development

definitions and abbreviations

Socioeconomic status

“defined” by level of maternal education and type of housing

Formal housing

brick, or equivalent, based construction

Short-term

period of one year

Medium-term

period of one to three years

Long-term

period longer than three years

BCG

Bacille Calmette Guérin

DTP

Diphtheria, tetanus, Pertussis

ESD

Enumerator sub-district

EPI

Expanded Programme on Immunisation

GNP

Gross National Product

OPV

Oral Poliomyelitis Vaccine

PEM

Protein Energy Malnutrition

SAVACG

South African Vitamin A Consultative Group

SALDRU

South African Labour and Development Research Unit

SD

Standard Deviation

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

WHO

World Health Organisation

 

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