South Africa: A National Health Controversy Takes on Regional Dimensions
October 3rd, 2007
WebBoard September 27, 2007
“CAPE TOWN, Sep 27 (IPS) - The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), one of South Africa’s largest AIDS lobby groups, says it has obtained evidence indicating that government has been involved in illegal medical experiments on people living with HIV/AIDS in Tanzania, involving the discredited product Virodene. …
“But after a 22-month enquiry the South African Medicines Control Council (MCC) rejected the substance, finding it to be ineffective in treating HIV/AIDS and also toxic. The ingredients of Virodene include an industrial solvent that has a disastrous effect on the liver. …
“However, ‘Approximately 5.7 million dollars was handed over from representatives from the presidency [of South Africa] to producers of Virodene between 2000 and 2001,’ said TAC founder and chairman Zackie Achmat Wednesday at a press conference in the South African port city of Cape Town.
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