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10938043

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7258
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-9-12
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0959-8138
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
321
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
402
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-20
pubmed:otherAbstract
PIP: The National AIDS Control Organization, India's top government agency responsible for tracking HIV infection, admitted that it published inaccurate figures of new HIV cases detected in the country over the past 3 years. It is noted that the agency estimated that 3.5 million people were infected, based on a sentinel screening program aimed at determining the HIV prevalence rates among high-risk communities and the general population. However, the Joint Action Council, the nongovernmental association monitoring the government's HIV program has questioned these findings. The Council claimed that the agency downplayed several figures and that its reports do not reflect reality. This is because the agency's surveillance figures suggested that the states of Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal detected no new cases of HIV over the past 2-4 years. Moreover, epidemiologists have long suspected that thousands of infected people may be dying of HIV-related illnesses but are being missed by India's poor death recording system.
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Indian agency admits publishing "wrong" HIV figures.
pubmed:publicationType
News