Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, the former South African health minister whose AIDS denial and failure to provide treatment is blamed for more than 300,000 unnecessary deaths in the country that has ...

JOHANNESBURGJOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. She ...

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The United Nations special envoy for AIDS has likened her to the “lunatic fringe,” while a well-known comedian derides her as the “angel of death.” She is South Africa’s ...

JOHANNESBURG, Aug. 16 -- South African President Thabo Mbeki's firing of a top health official with strong ties to AIDS activists has undermined a fragile, year-old truce over how to combat the ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa A study by South African scientists said Wednesday, Aug. 22, there was no evidence that foods such as garlic and beetroot were a substitute for AIDS medicine, disputing claims ...

On February 9 the South African Minister of Health, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang denied that she gave any commitment to the commencement of a national anti-retroviral rollout. Precisely such an HIV-AIDS ...