A STUDY in Kenya has been seized upon by critics who claim that the scale of the HIV epidemic is being exaggerated by what some call “an AIDS establishment pursuing money and power”. The government survey of 3000 households suggests only 1 million people in Kenya have HIV – nearly 1 million fewer than the latest UNAIDS estimate.
“There is no one measurement that tells us everything we need to know about HIV/AIDS,” says Kevin DeCock, director of the Kenyan branch of the US Centers for Disease Control, who was involved in the study. While household surveys of the kind done in Kenya reach a broader cross…
