India challenges UN agencies' estimates of HIV prevalence.

Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 2985213R Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0140-6736 (Print) Linking ISSN: 01406736 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Lancet Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: 2004- : London : Elsevier
Original Publication: London : J. Onwhyn

United Nations*; HIV Infections/*epidemiology; Disease Notification ; HIV Infections/ethnology ; Humans ; India/epidemiology ; Prevalence ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sentinel Surveillance

Indexing Agency: PIP Local ID #: 151638. Indexing Agency: POP Local ID #: 00296678.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome*; Asia; Developing Countries; Diseases; Hiv Infections*; India; International Agencies; Measurement; Organizations; Prevalence*; Research Methodology; Southern Asia; Un*; Viral Diseases
Note: TJ: LANCET.
Local Abstract: [PIP] This article argues the factuality of the UN agencies estimates of HIV prevalence in India. The Indian government challenged the estimates of HIV prevalence in the country made by various UN agencies by releasing its first "working estimate". In this paper, the figures collated by the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), showed an HIV estimate that ranges from 2.3 to 3.5 million infections as of mid-1998 with 20% variability. The estimate of NACO is the same as that of the Joint UN Programme on AIDS and differs from the figures presented by the WHO and UN International Children's Emergency Fund. Moreover, the government is questioning how the UN agencies came up with their respective figures and found that poor reporting by states and lack of data from rural centers are the reason for faulty or inadequate figures.

Date Created: 20000901 Date Completed: 20000920 Latest Revision: 20150616

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10.1016/S0140-6736(05)73811-3

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