Your baby has grown to weigh 6 to 10 pounds (on average). To accomplish all of these productive changes, your body needs approximately 300 extra calories per day during your 2nd and 3rd trimester of pregnancy. Every woman should discuss her individual nutritional needs with her health care provider.
Assessment of the Operationalisation of the Human Rights Based Approach in UNICEF Programming in. 2002 (NY: UNICEF, 2003), cited in Report, Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human. UNAIDS Global Reference Group on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. 4th Meeting â 23-25 August 2004.
HIV is a virus which is most commonly passed on by sexual contact. HIV attacks cells of the immune system. Untreated, the immune system weakens so that the body cannot defend against various bacteria, viruses and other germs. This is when AIDS (commonly now called late-stage HIV infection) develops. However, early detection and treatment with antiretroviral therapy (ART) means that people living with HIV can lead active, healthy lives. However, they may have side-effects from the treatment.