| WASH | Water, sanitation and hygiene |
| DTCs | Diarrhea-treatment centers |
| ORS | Oral rehydration solutions |
| E. coli | Escherichia coli |
| icddr,b | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| NGO | Non-governmental organization |
| OCV | Oral cholera vaccine |
| EWARS | Early warning and alert response system |
| DDSS | Diarrheal Disease Surveillance System |
| WQS | Water-quality surveillance |