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• Briefing on TAC and SAMA v. Rath and Government of South Africa in the Cape High Court on 26 April 2007

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• 15 June 2006: Report on TAC youth march for prevention in Eastern Cape

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• Massive youth march for HIV prevention in the Eastern Cape today

 "The evidence shows that as a matter of deliberate policy the applicant [TAC] has not received money from drug companies either directly or indirectly and it has implemented mechanisms to preclude any such eventuality." (p. 14)

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• TAC comment on Matthias Rath's withdrawal from defamation court cases
  • TAC calls on ANC and government to support Kader Asmal and demand Rath's withdrawal of litigation against Asmal.
• Pamphlet that TAC is circulating in Site C, Khayelitsha calling on people not to vote for an AIDS denialist candidate

Interesting web links:

Summary

• Analysis of five deaths of patients on Rath's trial
  • For three of these patients Rath is at a minimum responsible for contributing to their deaths.
     
  • For the other two, Rath is at a minimum responsible for misleading them and creating false hope.
• Several other deaths on Rath's trial have been reported, but we only discuss here ones which we have investigated.
• Minister of Health has responsibility for failing to stop Rath.
• Rath's pseudo-science in conjunction with other pseudo-scientific practices throughout South Africa is causing confusion and costing many lives. This pseudo-science flourishes because it is  perceived to be endorsed by the Minister of Health and President Mbeki.
   

Matthias Rath is a pharmaceutical proprietor who claims that micronutrients alone treat AIDS. He claims that antiretrovirals, the treatments recognised by every competent medical authority for treating HIV/AIDS, are toxic and make AIDS worse. He makes similar claims for heart-disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases.