Dr. Manto Tshabalala-Msimang dies at 69; South African health minister denied HIV causes AIDS

The doctor did not believe in using antiretroviral drugs to treat the disease and is blamed for more than 300,000 unnecessary deaths in her country. 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 suffered the brunt of the AIDS pandemic, died...

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