South Africa is the only country in the world who gives AZT to health workers for needle-stick injuries. It's very doubtful that we're doing the righ…

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

I don't know how many [South Africans] with HIV would want to take anti-retrovirals.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

I can't stop working. The health of the nation depends on it.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

Today I want to dispel this myth, because it is absolutely not true .[ that ARV's work ] The pharmaceutical industry and those who have a vested inte…

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

Raw garlic and a skin of the lemon - not only do they give you a beautiful face and skin but they also protect you from disease.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

I think the TAC was just a disgrace, a disgrace not only to the [health] department but a disgrace to the whole country. But I think, as South Africa…

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

The fact is that some of the mice [tested on with AZT] have contracted cancer. It attacks bone marrow. It is very toxic.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang

There is not substantial data that AZT stops the transmission of HIV from mother to child. There is too much conflicting data to make concrete policy.

- Manto Tshabalala-Msimang