Poor testing, a special diagnosis of AIDS in Africa and erroneous computer-generated estimates by the UN had led to "misleading" numbers

numbers presented by the UN agency UNAIDS and national health authorities are highly inflated.

claimed high numbers

based on estimates and certain assumptions

people have a high number of antibodies against infectious diseases or against foreign proteins after receiving blood or dirty injections

these antibodies may lead to a false positive HIV test."

people with for example continuous diarrhoea, weight loss and itching are declared to be suffering from AIDS

But also the typical symptoms for tuberculosis - fever, weight loss and coughing - are officially considered to be AIDS, even without an HIV test,

WHO's Africa definition, "AIDS is diagnosed on the basis of non-specific clinical symptoms and without an HIV test

spending on AIDS research exceeded spending on TB by a crushing factor of 90 to one