Topic > Human Development Index to measure the standard of living...

INTRODUCTION Over the centuries, economists around the world have developed different measurements, statistics and standards in order to have a reference number on how to evaluate the development, the perceived inequality among other variables within a country. For this reason, and in an attempt to unify the measurement of a country's current situation, the United Nations through the "United Nations Development Program" in 1990 developed and published for the first time its "Annual Human Development Report ” which presents the “Human Development Index” for the first time in history (Stanton, 2007). According to the United Nations (UN), human development is the process through which society can improve the living conditions of its citizens through an increase in the goods used to meet their basic needs. and complementary needs and through the creation of an environment of respect for human rights. Human development is also considered as the amount of options a human being has in his or her environment to do what he or she wants (freedom) and accomplish things (personal development potential). The concept proposed by the United Nations with their Human Development Index (HDI) sought to be a 'founding ground' on a new way of understanding and evaluating human well-being, emphasizing 'living' rather than the means to achieve it (GDP ). Therefore proposing an index that can act as a point of reference for economic and social improvement. Among the various components found in the HDI there are 3 important ones: Health, Education and Wealth (United Nations Development Programme, 2013). However, this indicator, since its conception, has never stopped being criticized. (Srinivasan, 1994) Suggested that poor data quality was rampant in calculating the HDI...... half of the paper...... low levels of HIV even in Europe, where countries with a higher HDI low (Western Europe) have high HIV rates compared to those in Eastern Europe, where the HDI represents higher numbers. On the African continent, HIV- and AIDS-related diseases represent a dominant public health burden. AIDS IN EUROPE AIDS IN AFRICA Over 30 years, HIV/AIDS has grown from a cluster of small, isolated epidemics occurring only within at-risk groups, to a global pandemic rooted in today's world and to a public health concern. However, thanks to the efforts of scientists around the world, this condition has gone from a "death sentence" to a chronic disease requiring daily treatment throughout life, at least in developed countries. Despite this clear progress, the pandemic continues to threaten to spread unchecked in the world's poorest countries, where medicines are simply inaccessible or simply unavailable..