The effects of AIDS and HIV in the world

With reference to one animal or human disease, explain why its economic consequences vary spatially. Abstract The AIDS epidemic claimed more than 3 million lives in 2002,and an estimated 5 million people acquired the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2002 - bringing to 42 million the number of people globally living with the virus. As the world enters the third decade of the AIDS epidemic, the evidence of its impact is undeniable. Wherever the epidemic has spread unchecked, it …

…with stable economy, adequate public sector investment, large consumer confidence with high productivity levels leading to high GDP and a high GNP both per capita or nationally. Compared with less economically developed countries will have the opposite, low GNP and GDP and a fluctuating economy with lacking the basic infrastructure. The main indicator, which distinguishes between the two, is the Human Development Index. HDI is calculated by taking into account various factors as shown below.