i just realised balaji is more stupid than i thought. anyway, action for aids and fridae will be announcing a press release, showing the actual statistic, which goes something like the below:

according to dr balaji, there was a 28% increase in new HIV cases in 2004, up from 242 to 311. and according to him, 90% are males and out of this 90% 1/3 are homosexuals. so therefore:

242 X 90% X 1/3 = 73
311 X 90% X 1/3 = 93

73 gays in 2003, 93 gays in 2004

so if the number of gays who went for the test increased by 68% from 748 to 1252, this would mean that for the increase of 504 more gays who went for the test, only 20 is tested positive.

so in 2003, 73 out of 748 tested positive indicating a 9.75% prevalence, but in 2004, 93 out of 1252 tested positive, indicating a 7.4% prevalance, it would hereby mean that there's a 2.3% DECREASE in the prevalance.