Human Development Index

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psychosocial, functional, and social/spiritual well-being for patients in hospice care.

HR ▶ Hazard Ratio

HRQL ▶ Health-Related Quality of Life

parasitic disease caused by Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. The parasite is transmitted by the tsetse fly. The name of the disease stems from the rather typical sleep disturbances, with a disappearance of the circadian rhythm of sleep and wakefulness. Mental confusion and a wide range of psychiatric disorders including personality disorders, behavioral changes and mood alterations are often the symptoms that alert the patient and the people surrounding him. If it remains untreated the disease ends with coma and ultimately death.

HRQOL ▶ Health-Related Quality of Life

HRT

Human Capital Approach Definition A method of placing a dollar value on health that is based on the value of what a person is expected to produce if she has no disability.

▶ Hormone Replacement Therapy

HU ▶ Health Utility

HUI ▶ Health Utility Index

HUI3 ▶ Health Utilities Index Mark 3

Human African Trypanosomiasis Definition Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), also known as ‘‘sleeping sickness,’’ is a

Human Development Index Definition Human Development Index as a measure varying between 0 and 1 expressing the level of development of each country, according to its performance in income, education and health.

Human Hookworm Vaccine Initiative Definition HHVI is an initiative founded in 2000 to develop a recombinant protein vaccine for human hookworm infection through product development partnership (PDP). It is sponsored by the Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute, and is funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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