The Impact of the Presidential Alternative Treatment Program on People Living with HIV and the Gambian HIV Response

• Main Authors: Sarah L. Bosha (Author), Michelle Adeniyi (Author), Jenna Ivan (Author), Roya Ghiaseddin (Author), Fabakary Minteh (Author), Lamin F. Barrow (Author), Rex Kuye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Harvard FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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In January 2007, former president of The Gambia Yahya Jammeh created the Presidential Alternative Treatment Program (PATP), which introduced a fraudulent "HIV cure." PATP and the fraudulent HIV herbal cure (PATP cure) were widely advertised in state media through patient testimonials and s...