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 ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s former health minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, 69, who gained notoriety for her dogged promotion of lemons, garlic and olive oil to treat AIDS, has died. The ruling ...

Health Minister Barbara Hogan's pronouncement marked the official end to 10 years of denial about the link between HIV and AIDS by former President Thabo Mbeki and his health minister Manto Tshabalala ...

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 ...

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 ...