| UEM | Eduardo Mondlane University |
| FoM | Faculty of Medicine |
| UFBA | Federal University of Bahia, Brazil |
| HRSA | Health Resources and Services Administration |
| IHMT UNL | Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| LIC | lower income country |
| MCH | Maputo Central Hospital |
| MEPI | Medical Education Partnership Initiative |
| MIHER | Mozambique Institute for Health Education and Research |
| MMC | Mozambican Medical Council |
| MoE | Ministry of Education |
| MoH | Ministry of Health |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| PEPFAR | President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| UCSD | University of California, San Diego |
| UniLúrio | Lúrio University |
| UniZambeze | Zambeze University |
| VOIPs | voice-over internet protocols |
| Fiocruz | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz |