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A database that tracks dubious medical claims.
Claim number: 12
Claimant: Prof. Billy's AIDS Clinic
Claim date: June 6, 2008
Forum in which the claim was made: Advert in Roodepoort Record
Claim methodology: Medical treatment
Frequency with which the claim is made by this claimant: Once off
Actual claim: Cures AIDS
Plausibility of this claim: Untested and implausible
Responses
- Response no 21: ASASA Ruling on 2008-07-30
- Response no 20: Treatment Action Campaign Complaint to ASASA on 2008-06-30
Description
Prof. Billy placed an advert in the paper, stating inter alia:
“Stop Suffering in Silence. There is now a cure for Aids! Call Prof Billy Kariaga Ph.D or call Sister Siza on….”
A complaint was lodged by TAC and upheld by ASASA
See ASASA ruling at: http://www.asasa.org.za/ResultDetail.aspx?Ruling=4313