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Stop herbal hoax… no cure for HIV

Monday, June 11th, 2012

Traditional herbal therapy organisations and practitioners in the Pacific have been told to stop misleading people living with HIV (PLHIV).

The call was made by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation in a statement.

“PIAF’s call relates to certain traditional herbal therapy organisations and religious organisations in the region that have claimed that their herbal products in the form of juice have cured and eradicated the HIV virus from PLHIV,” the statement said.

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