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 CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - The South African government — often criticized for its ambivalent response to the AIDS epidemic — faces increasing pressure to clamp down on a U.S.-based vitamin distributor accused of hyping the risks of anti-AIDS medication in order to push its own nutritional supplements.
The United Nations added its voice Thursday to the wave of criticism against Dr. Matthias Rath, who has placed advertisements in international media touting his company's vitamin supplements and claiming that antiretroviral medicines are toxic.
"These advertisements are wrong and misleading," said a statement issued by the World Health Organization, the U.N. Children's Fund and UNAIDS. It said claims by Rath that the U.N. agencies supported his nutritional approach were "dangerous and unhelpful."
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