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S.Africa: Who is lying about AIDS stats?

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Original Post Date: 2005-01-31  Posted By: Jan

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 1/31/2005 7:36:47 AM
S.Africa: Who is lying about AIDS stats?
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S.Africa: Who is lying about AIDS stats?

From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org


Date & Time Posted: 1/31/2005 7:36:47 AM

S.Africa: Who is lying about AIDS stats?

[Both are probably lies… except that the S.African figures must surely be the most fudged!! 11.4% HIV(43)+? What a joke… Its much higher… probably treble or even more… Jan]

Cape Town – A “chasm” exists between local and international estimates of the incidence of Aids in South Africa, making debate over the validity of official statistics on the disease meaningless, the Inkatha Freedom Party said on Monday.

“South African studies estimate the prevalence of HIV as 11.4% of the population in 2003, while UNAids statistics estimate the figure to be double that at 21.5%,” said IFP health spokesperson Dr Ruth Rabinowitz.

For this reason, the current debate in the media around Aids statistics amounted to “a lot of hot air”, she said.

Rabinowitz was reacting to media reports following the publication at the weekend of a study by the SA Medical Research Council (MRC), which claims Aids deaths in South Africa are being under-estimated.

Her statement also comes ahead of a “Cause of Death” report set to be released later this week by Stats SA. In the past this report by the government agency has been criticised for allegedly under-estimating the scale of the pandemic.

Rabinowitz said figures on Aids for 2001 “varied as much as three times” between home affairs department statistics and those provided by the MRC.

“A similar chasm exists between South African estimates and UNAids estimates… These large discrepancies suggest that the statistical debate is currently meaningless.

“All our statistics in South Africa will be imperfect in view of the paucity of tests that are performed, the format of the Death Certificate, and the inadequacy of our statistical records.”

Another factor rendering the statistics “virtually useless” was the time it took for them to be published.

“It is now 2005, and we are arguing about statistics from 2001. What relevance do these have to the current situation?”

The only way statistic would start to mean something was when the approach to HIV changed from one of academic interest to one befitting a national emergency.

“Then testing will be done at all clinics, hospitals and medical practices, tests will be provided free by government, and a data base will be kept current, listing numbers of people who test positive and their demographic profile,” Rabinowitz said.

Source: News24.Com
URL: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Aid…/p>


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