Fact Check: Are half of UZ students HIV positive? - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
July 14, 2023
Claim: Almost half of students at the University of Zimbabwe test positive for HIV
Source: Pachopisa TV (Social Media Platform)
Verdict: Both False and misleading
On 10 July 2023, a post by PachopisaTV went viral on Instagram claiming that 47 percent of students at the University of Zimbabwe (UZ) had tested positive for HIV. The claim was attributed to a report published by the Chronicle following voluntary HIV testing which occurred at the UZ.
An investigation by Zimfact has shown that the above claim which is presented as “breaking’ news by PachopisaTV is not current but from a report published by the Chronicle in 2016. According to the National Aids Council (NAC), the statistics in the report have been resurfacing since the original report was published.
The claim posted by the platform is not current and the quoted survey does not indicate the number of students who volunteered for the HIV testing to say with conviction that the statistics were accurate.
National AIDS Council
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