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HIV
(Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS. It may be transmitted through blood or, most often, through sexual fluids. There is still no cure or vaccine for HIV/AIDS, but the disease can be managed with antiretroviral treatment.
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Human Capital
The knowledge, skills, and experience of people that make them economically productive. Human Capital can be increased by investment in education, health care and job training.
Human Development
A measure of well-being devised by the UN Development Programme based on economic growth, educational attainment and health.
Human Development Index (HDI)
A measure of human development using three equally weighted dimensions of human development – life expectancy at birth, adult literacy rate and purchasing power.
Human Rights
The basic rights and freedoms due to each human being including the right to food and other basic necessities, the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law. Human Rights are universal (everyone has them), indivisible (you can’t pick which ones to allow and which not to) and […]
Human Trafficking
The illicit and often coerced movement or sale of people across or within borders, generally for the purposes of forced labour.
Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian aid, or relief, is material or logistical assistance provided in response to crises such as wars or natural disasters, and is often solicited and provided ad hoc.
Hunger
A condition in which people do not get enough food to provide the nutrients (carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water) for fully productive, active and healthy lives.
Industrial Countries
Countries in which most people have a high economic standard of living (though there are often significant groups of people suffering from poverty). Also called the "developed countries" or the "North" or, the ‘First World’.
Industrial Countries
Countries in which most people have a high economic standard of living (though there are often significant groups of people suffering from poverty). Also called the "developed countries" or the "North" or, the ‘First World’.
Industrialised Nation
An industrialised, or developed, nation is a nation with high human development. Industrialised nations generally have almost no one living below US$1/$2 a day.
Inequality
When discussing poverty, inequality often refers to the income gap between the rich and poor of society. The greater the gap, the greater the inequality.
Inequality Ratio
The ratio between incomes of the richest and poorest people within a population (i.e. the comparison of the incomes of those who are in the richest 10% as against those in the poorest 10%).
Infant Mortality Rate
The annual number of deaths of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 live births.
Infrastructure
The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society such as transportation, communications, financial, educational and health care systems.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)
(ICERD) is a United Nations Convention. A second-generation human rights instrument, the Convention commits its members to the elimination of racial discrimination and the promotion of understanding among all races.
International Poverty Lines
The World Bank established a poverty line for international comparisons of $1.00 per day per person.
Knowledge Society
Refers to any society where knowledge is the primary production resource instead of capital and labour. It may also refer to the use a certain society gives to information. A knowledge society "creates, shares and uses knowledge for the prosperity and well-being of its people".
Kyoto Protocol
Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It arose from a 1997 international conference held in Japan. The agreement concerned a reduction in the production of greenhouse gases, the cause of the deterioration in the ozone layer.
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