Covid-19: Regulation 11 should prevent promotion of quack treatments, but does it?

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Tendai Mafuma describes what happened when Section27 tried to use new regulations to stop the promotion of an unproven treatment for Covid-19 and compares it with TAC’s successful court battle against Matthias Rath’s promotion of untested Aids treatments

and compares the current situation with the Treatment Action Campaign’s successful court battle against Matthias Rath’s promotion of untested Aids treatments.

On March 15, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a national state of disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act. Soon after, the department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs issued regulations setting out the steps necessary to prevent the escalation of the disaster, or to alleviate, contain or minimise the effects of the pandemic.

Section27 recently received a complaint about a certain Kim Joachim Mvuselelo Cools who is selling and distributing a product called “Umlingo wamaNgcolosi juice”. He claims that the juice can fix the DNA and metabolic problems, and therefore is a cure for HIV, TB, cancer and Covid-19Section27 recently received a complaint about a certain Kim Joachim Mvuselelo Cools who is selling and distributing a product called “Umlingo wamaNgcolosi juice”.

We established this through a quick check on the SAHPRA’s searchable register of registered health products. This means that its safety, quality and therapeutic efficacy against any of the conditions it purports to successfully treat, has not been confirmed. We can also find no credible scientific studies indicating that “umlingo wamaNgcolosi” is an effective treatment for any disease or condition.

It is rather disappointing that our first attempt at protecting the public from falling victim to potentially harmful conduct was met with hopeless unpreparedness from various authoritiesBearing in mind the importance of regulation 11, Section27 sought to put an end to Cools’ activities by reporting him to the authorities so they can enforce the regulation.

2. The contact at the department of health hotline indicated that she was not sure who is responsible for handling such reports. She was happy to take our contact details, but could not say whether the person responsible, once identified, would get back to us.

 

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