The UN's frontline HIV/AIDS agency has sounded caution over a Kenyan study suggesting that the country's AIDS rates may be lower than was previously thought.
In a statement issued recently at its headquarters in Geneva, UNAIDS said news reports of lower AIDS rates were "unfounded" as key data in the Kenya study seemed flawed.
The latest Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, which is conducted every five years, found that 6.7 percent of Kenyans were HIV-positive compared to the 2003 UNAIDS estimate of 9.4 percent.
UNAIDS argued that these were conclusions "ripe with implications for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa".
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