The international scientific community made its disagreement with him explicit in the form of the Durban Declaration, a petition signed by more than 5000 scientists that endorsed the mainstream scientific view on HIV and AIDS. 
Jumuiya ya kimataifa ya sayansi imekuwa wazi kwa kutokukubaliana naye kupitia Azimio la Durban , tamko lililotiliwa saini na zaidi ya wanasayansi 5000 waliounga mkono maoni ya kisayansi kuhusu VVU na UKIMWI.