| AU | African Union |
| CFR | Case Fatality Rate |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| HCV | Hepatitis C Virus |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IQR | Interquartile Range |
| LHS | Latin Hypercube Sampling |
| NNST | Number Needed to Self-Test |
| PATAT | Propelling Action for Testing and Treating |
| PDxRI | Pathogen Diagnostics Readiness Index |
| PRCC | Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient |
| SEIR | Susceptible–Exposed–Infectious–Recovered |
| SoC | Standard of Care |
| SROC | Summary Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| ST | Self-Testing |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHO Afro | World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa |