CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
CH	Congenital hypothyroidism
CHD	Center for Health Development (regional health office)
DILG	Department of the Interior and Local Government
DOH	Department of Health (national health agency, Philippines)
ENBS	Expanded newborn screening
G6PD	Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GAL	Galactosemia
LGU	Local Government Unit
MSUD	Maple syrup urine disease
NBS	Newborn bloodspot screening
NBSCC	Newborn screening continuity clinic (long-term follow-up)
NCNBSS	National Comprehensive Newborn Screening System
NIH	National Institutes of Health (Philippines)
NNSGRC	National Newborn Screening and Global Resource Center (U.S.)
NSC	Newborn Screening Center (screening laboratory)
NSF	Newborn Screening Facility (screening specimen collection site)
NSRC	Newborn Screening Reference Center (Philippines)
PEAS	Performance Evaluation and Assessment Scheme (U.S version)
PhilHealth	Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (national health insurance)
PIR	Program implementation review
PKU	Phenylketonuria
PPEAS	Philippine Performance Evaluation and Assessment Scheme
TPMF	Taiwan Preventive Medicine Foundation