About the Glossary

This multilingual HIV treatment information glossary is available in English alongside with its translation into 12 languages: Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Hausa, Jula (Dioula), Lingala, Punjabi, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Tamil and Vietnamese. It is meant to help you understand some common English terms used in HIV/AIDS.

The English terms in the glossary are arranged in alphabetical order. Beside the English term is the term translated in your language. Below each term is a simple definition in English. Some terms are synonyms and will direct you to another term for the definition. These are indicated by the phrase “See:” followed by another term.

Example:

cardiovascular disease - 心血管病       A disease that affects the heart or blood vessels; examples include heart attack, stroke, and congestive heart failure    CAT scan       See: computed tomography scan

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The glossary is the result of the collaborative efforts of partnering agencies of the Ethnoracial Treatment Support Network (ETSN) including:
      Asian Community AIDS Services (ACAS) – www.acas.org
      Africans in Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (APAA) – www.apaa.ca
      Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) – www.asaap.ca
      Centre for Spanish Speaking people (AIDS Program), and
      Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) – www.catie.ca

Production of the glossary has been made possible through financial contributions from the following agencies:
      AIDS Community Action Program, Public Health Agency of Canada (Ontario)
      AIDS Bureau, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
      National HIV/AIDS Information Service Initiative, Public Health Agency of Canada
      Public Health Department, City of Toronto

We would also like to thank the AIDS Education Global Information System (www.aegis.com) for permission to adapt some definitions from their glossary of HIV Terms.