Like most primates, Koko is sensitive about her weight. Here she is standing on a scale while Penny reads the results. Koko knows that to control her weight, she has to watch both her caloric (ie, food) intake and her activity levels.
Changes in life expectancy in some hard-hit African countries between 1960 and 2012. HIV and AIDS affects economic growth by reducing the availability of human capital. Without proper prevention, nutrition, health care and medicine that is available in developing countries, large numbers of people are falling victim to AIDS. People living with HIV/AIDS will not only be unable to work, but will also require significant medical care.
Infectious Knowledge. AIDS, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, is an infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS is characterized by the appearance of opportunistic infections such as tuberculosis, fungal infections, meningitis, and syphilis.Weight loss and wasting are also effects of AIDS.here is no cure for AIDS, but there are drugs that can treat the symptoms and infections that go along with the disease. As the AIDS epidemic grew unabated in the United States, numerous cases appeared in Europe, South America, and Africa.