| AEFI | Adverse Events Following Immunization |
| AI | Artificial Intelligence |
| AMP Afrique | Agence Africaine de Médecine Préventive/African Preventive Medicine Agency |
| BCU | Big Catch-Up |
| DHIS2 | District Health Information Software 2 |
| DTP | Diphtheria–Tetanus–Pertussis |
| DTP-HepB-Hib-IPV | Diphtheria–Tetanus–Pertussis–Hepatitis B–Haemophilus influenzae type b–Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine |
| eBASE | Effective Basic Services Africa |
| EPI | Expanded Programme on Immunization |
| Gavi | Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance |
| GCEI | Groupe Consultatif d’Experts en Immunisation/National Immunization Advisory Structure (Mauritania context) |
| HeVAC | Hexavalent Vaccine (Switch) Assessment Consortium |
| HepB | Hepatitis B |
| Hib | Haemophilus influenzae type b |
| ICC | Inter-agency Coordination Committee |
| IPV | Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine |
| MEL | Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning |
| MOH | Ministry of Health |
| NITAG | National Immunization Technical Advisory Group |
| OPTIVAC | Optimizing Vaccine Product Choices for Low- and Middle-Income Countries |
| PIE | Post-Introduction Evaluation |
| Q1 | First Quarter |
| Q2 | Second Quarter |
| RR2 | Second Dose of Measles–Rubella Vaccine |
| SAGE | Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization |
| SOMAPED | Société Mauritanienne de Pédiatrie/Mauritanian Pediatric Society |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHO AFRO | World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa |
| WP | Whole-cell Pertussis |